Tell Your GOP House Representative You Oppose Hostage Tactics and Want a Clean Debt Ceiling Increase
This January, the Republican House chose not to raise the debt ceiling, forcing the Treasury to pay our bills through extraordinary measures that will run out by summer. Congress must fulfill its obligations to pay our bills by raising the debt ceiling this Spring. The MAGA Majority is already trying to sabotage our country by refusing to do its most basic duty: ensure the continued function of the government and protect our nation. Instead, Republicans are using this moment to make extreme demands and threaten essential services, including Social Security and Medicare.
The extremism of Kevin McCarthy’s MAGA House has been on full display in their response to President Biden’s address. They’re continuing their decades-long project to gut Social Security, Medicare, and other programs our communities rely on. And they’re willing to risk our entire economy to get what they want. By threatening to drive us into default, the Republicans are risking:
- The faith and credit of the U.S., possibly triggering a recession just as the economy recovers from the pandemic
- Pay for military members and millions of federal employees and pensioners
- Dangerous lapses in public health and safety measures, including funding for water quality monitoring and air traffic controllers
That’s just the tip of the iceberg. The United States has never defaulted on its obligations because the impact is severe, wide-reaching economic catastrophe. Republicans are willfully playing games with services that Americans *literally* rely upon for survival.
Fill out this form right now and we’ll connect you to your Representative. Tell them that you’re angry that their party is threatening essential programs and risking default by not passing a clean debt ceiling increase. Let them know that you expect them to reject hostage-taking tactics and ensure we raise the debt limit without painful cuts that will impact you and your community.
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Tell Your GOP House Representative You Oppose Hostage Tactics and Want a Clean Debt Ceiling Increase
Hello, I’m a constituent from [part of state], and I’m calling to tell [Representative] that I oppose Republicans’ plan to force cuts to essential programs by threatening default.
Congress needs to do its job and ensure that the United States fulfills its obligations to pay our debts. It’s outrageous that you would make hostages out of Social Security and Medicare. It’s wrong to threaten the safety and livelihoods of your own constituents, and that’s exactly what this dangerous and wrong stunt will do.
Tell [Representative] that they must raise the debt ceiling without threatening Social Security and Medicare, and that I expect them not to play games with their constituents’ lives. We deserve representatives that do their job instead of taking hostages and making extreme demands.
Your call to House Republicans to hold them accountable and fight for our communities makes all the difference! Tell all your friends to call as well!