Congress Must Pass a Clean Budget with No Poison Pills
Every year, Congress must pass a series of 12 appropriations bills that fund our government. And every year, unscrupulous lawmakers try to sneak harmful policies into these bills that have nothing to do with funding our government. Known as poison pill policy riders, these measures are little more than special favors for ideological extremists and big corporations, most are wildly unpopular, and they 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 25 spending bills by the December 20th deadline that fully fund the programs and services we all count on.
FY 25 News and Resources
215 Groups Tell Congress to Reject All FY25 Poison Pills
Clean Budget Coalition: November 13, 2024
Republicans Aren’t Waiting for Trump – Project 2025 Starts Now
People’s World: October 23, 2024
More Than 300 Project 2025 Poison Pills in House GOP’s Draft Spending Bills
Clean Budget Coalition: October 22, 2024
House Republicans in Denial That Regular Order Means Clean, Bipartisan Bills
Clean Budget Coalition: September 25, 2024
House GOP Feels Deja Vu as New Funding Fight Ends with No Wins
The Hill: September 25, 2024
What Government Funding Week Will Look Like
Punchbowl News: September 23, 2024
Senate Will Move Stopgap Funding Bill as Government Shutdown Looms
The Hill: September 19, 2024
All Eyes on Johnson’s Next Funding Move
Punchbowl News: September 19, 2024
House Republican Leadership Is Letting MAGA Extremists Risk a Shutdown
Clean Budget Coalition: September 17, 2024
House Republican CR with SAVE Act Poison Pill Is Dead on Arrival
Clean Budget Coalition: September 9, 2024
Four Things That Could Complicate Congress’s Efforts to Avert Shutdown
The Hill: September 3, 2024
FACT SHEET: Trump’s Project 2025 Shaped House Republicans’ Funding Bills
House Appropriations Democrats: August 8, 2024
‘We’re Gonna Take the Reins’: Democrats Bullish on Riders
E&E Daily: August 1, 2024
MAGA Republicans’ Project 2025 Shapes Funding Bills
House Appropriations Democrats: July 23, 2024
House Spending Bill Would Clip FTC’s Reach in MGM Cyber Probe
Roll Call: July 23, 2024
Committee Adds More Riders to House Interior-EPA Bill
Roll Call: July 10, 2024
475 Poison Pills in House Republican Draft Spending Bills
Clean Budget Coalition: July 9, 2024
House Commerce-Justice-Science Riders Would Limit Biden on Guns
Roll Call: July 9, 2024
One Quarter of CJS Spending Bill Is Poison Pills
Clean Budget Coalition: June 25, 2024
Policy Riders to Watch as House Appropriators Mark Up 2025 Spending Bills
Federal News Network: June 12, 2024
House Republicans Attack LGBTQ+ Community in Draft Spending Bills
Clean Budget Coalition: June 11, 2024
GOP’s Fiscal 2025 Spending Bills Heavy on Climate Change Riders
Roll Call: June 10, 2024
Equality Caucus, White House Condemn Anti-LGBTQ Riders in Spending Bill
Washington Blade: June 5, 2024
House GOP Spending Bill Is a Wish List of Deregulation
Investment News: June 5, 2024
Defense Spending Bill Forces Israel Arms Transfers, Nixes Ukraine Aid
Defense News: June 5, 2024
80 Poison Pills in House Drafted Financial Services and General Government Spending Bill
Clean Budget Coalition: June 4, 2024
Democrats Decry ‘Very, Very Harmful’ Riders in Legislative Branch Bill
Roll Call: May 23, 2024
Culture War Riders Are Back in the House’s Draft Military Construction, VA Spending Bill
Clean Budget Coalition: May 21, 2024
Culture Wars Part 2?
Punchbowl News: May 8, 2024
200+ Groups: Congress Should Pass Clean FY25 Spending Bills, Remove Legacy Poison Pills (Release)
Clean Budget Coalition: May 6, 2024
200+ Groups Call for No Poison Pills in FY25 Approps Bills (Letter)
Clean Budget Coalition: May 6, 2024
White House Vows to Repeal GOP-Led Ban on Pride Flags Over U.S. Embassies
Washington Post: March 25, 2024
LWVUS Joins Letter Urging President to Remove Anti-Abortion Weldon Amendment from FY25 Budget
League of Women Voters: February 1, 2024