Congress Must Pass a Clean Budget with No Poison Pills

Every year, unscrupulous lawmakers try to sneak hundreds of harmful policies that have nothing to do with funding our government into the must-pass annual spending bills. Known as poison pill policy riders, these measures are little more than special favors for ideological extremists and big corporations. Most poison pill riders are highly controversial, wildly unpopular, and could not become law on their own merits.

Hundreds of organizations have joined together under the umbrella of the Clean Budget Coalition to oppose the inclusion of poison pills and other toxic amendments in the annual spending bills. We’re calling on Congress to pass clean FY 26 bills that fully fund the programs and services we all count on by the September 30th deadline.

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