WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Republicans have loaded up their draft annual spending bills with

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As students of all ages head back to school, House Appropriations Republicans

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Republicans have loaded up their draft annual spending bills with

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Republicans have loaded up their draft annual spending bills with

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Republicans have loaded up their draft annual spending bills with

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At least 19 new poison pill policy riders have been spotted in

WASHINGTON, D.C. – No appropriations package should move forward if it contains poison pill policy

Dear Senators and Members of Congress, The Clean Budget Coalition – an alliance of labor,

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At least 74 new poison pill policy riders were added to or

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At least 104 new poison pill policy riders were added to appropriations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Republicans have loaded up majority-drafted annual spending bills with at

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Republicans have loaded up the majority-drafted annual spending bills with

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Republicans have loaded up the majority-drafted annual spending bills with

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At least 24 new poison pill policy riders were added to appropriations

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At least 51 new poison pill policy riders were added to the

WASHINGTON, D.C. – At least 22 new poison pill policy riders were added to appropriations

For Immediate Release: May 22, 2023 Contact: David Rosen, drosen@citizen.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – At least

For Immediate Release | Contact: David Rosen, drosen@citizen.org, (202) 588-7742 WASHINGTON, D.C. – No appropriations

Dear Senators and Members of Congress, The Clean Budget Coalition – an alliance of labor,

For Immediate Release: Sept. 21, 2022 Contact: David Rosen, drosen@citizen.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress should

Dear Senators and Members of Congress, The Clean Budget Coalition – an alliance of labor,

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ordinary citizens from across the country are calling on Congress to finish

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Groups in the Clean Budget Coalition are calling on federal lawmakers to

Dear Senators and Members of Congress, The Clean Budget Coalition – an alliance of labor,

For Immediate Release: May 27, 2021 Contact: David Rosen, drosen@citizen.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Clean

Dear Member of Congress, The Clean Budget Coalition, an alliance of labor, scientific, consumer, research,

Legacy Riders Harm Women’s Health, Our Campaign Finance System, Endangered Species, Our Environment, Consumer Product

Dear Member of Congress, The Clean Budget Coalition, an alliance of labor, scientific, consumer, research,

Nov. 12, 2019 Contact: David Rosen, drosen@citizen.org, (202) 588-7742 Lisa Gilbert, lgilbert@citizen.org, (202) 454-5188 Tonight,

For Immediate Release: Nov. 4, 2019 Contact: David Rosen, drosen@citizen.org, (202) 588-7742 WASHINGTON, D.C. –

Dear Member of Congress, The Clean Budget Coalition, an alliance of labor, scientific, consumer, research,

For Immediate Release: Oct. 23, 2019 Contact: David Rosen, drosen@citizen.org, (202) 588-7742 Lisa Gilbert, lgilbert@citizen.org,

To

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), ranking member on the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, and leaders from the Clean Budget Coalition are calling on Congress to reject partisan, poison pills attached to the December spending bills.

A diverse array of groups in the Clean Budget Coalition sent a letter today urging members of Congress to remove all of the partisan, poison pill policy riders from the December appropriations bills.

We urge Members of Congress to fully fund important programs and to reject any flawed bills that include ideological poison pill policy riders that would undo essential public safeguards.

Dear Member of Congress, As a part of the Clean Budget Coalition, we, the undersigned

Dear Member of Congress, The Clean Budget Coalition, an alliance of over 260 labor, scientific,

As a part of the Clean Budget Coalition, we, the undersigned organizations write to ask you to oppose any FY 2019 appropriations measures which include ideological poison pill policy riders.

The 264 groups in the Clean Budget Coalition are applauding congressional lawmakers who fought to

Today the Clean Budget Coalition delivered a set of cleaning instructions, green scrub sponges and a list of dirty riders attached to the spending bill to all 535 members of Congress.

With the March 23 funding deadline just three weeks away, the Clean Budget Coalition will host a telephone press conference this Thursday afternoon featuring members of Congress and coalition leaders. Speakers will call for a clean omnibus appropriations package with no corporate or ideological riders that would harm the public and explain the harms of these measures.

Following a bipartisan budget deal reached in February, Congress must pass an omnibus appropriations package by March 23 that funds our government for fiscal year 2018. One of the main obstacles standing in the way of a final deal is the proposed inclusion of hundreds of poison pill policy riders (PDF) – special favors for big corporations and ideological extremists that are dangerous to the public and too controversial to pass on their own merits. These measures threaten working people, consumers, women, children, civil rights, our environment and our economy, and they must be removed from any final funding package.

More than halfway into the fiscal year, Congress finally has reached a two-year budget deal

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter sent today to all 535 congressional offices, 149 groups

We, the undersigned organizations as a part of the Clean Budget Coalition, write to ask you to oppose any FY 2018 omnibus or other spending measure which includes ideological poison pill policy riders.

In the next few weeks, the U.S. Congress must pass either appropriations legislation funding our government for the year ahead or a short-term continuing resolution allowing lawmakers more time to reach an agreement. If Congress fails to act before midnight Sept. 30, the government will shut down. One of the main obstacles standing in the way of a deal is the proposed inclusion of hundreds of policy riders – extraneous measures that do not belong in funding legislation. These special favors for corporations and ideological extremists should be removed from any final or short-term budget agreement.

Appropriations bills continue to be misused to undermine essential safeguards through poison pill “policy riders” – provisions that address extraneous and unpopular policy issues. Slipping unrelated and damaging issues into must-pass appropriations bills as a means to win approval is a dangerous strategy for the public.

The ‘minibus’ appropriations package should contain no poison pill policy riders, the Clean Budget Coalition insisted in a letter sent to all 535 members of Congress today. The letter also urges Congress to pass legislation that does not unilaterally violate the Budget Control Act, which requires commensurate increases for defense and non-defense funding. Congress should pass clean funding bills in a timely manner under regular order.

Contentious poison pill riders are intended to advance the priorities of special interest donors and supporters. These riders have no business in the proposed “defense” minibus. In fact, this bill creates a new level of damaging riders by adding in a controversial rider to provide funding for a border wall that is unrelated to any of the four bills into the language.

The Clean Budget Coalition today launched a new website – CleanBudget.org – to shine a spotlight on poison pill policy riders that must be taken out of appropriations legislation. This comes as committees in the U.S. House of Representatives have begun passing appropriations bills, many of which contain dozens of inappropriate riders that risk a costly and disruptive government shutdown on Sept. 30.