OBBBA Firewall - A Last Stand for Democracy

About OBBBA
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), also known as the "Social Murder Bill," is not a budget — it's a coup disguised as fiscal policy.

The GOP is abusing the budget reconciliation process to force through sweeping, irreversible changes to government structure, bypassing the filibuster and locking in authoritarian control with just 51 Senate votes instead of the normal 60 required for annual budgets or major laws.

At its core, the bill seeks to fast-track the goals of Project 2025 while evading public scrutiny. Beneath the surface, OBBBA:

• Slashes vital programs like SNAP, Medicaid, student aid, and Medicare — gutting protections for the poor, elderly, disabled, and young.
• Strips courts of their enforcement power, neuters consumer and environmental protections, and declares AI and surveillance “national infrastructure,” banning regulation for a decade.
• Grants the Executive power to punish dissenting nonprofits.
• Read more about the OBBBA Bill here: This Bill Shall Not Pass

They are tying to get this passed by July 4th, before their August break. If this happens it will be the death blow to our democracy.

What Can be Done? 
Kill the Bill
The goal is for OBBBA to die on the senate floor with a firm unwavering majority block that will not budge. There is nothing good in the bill. There is no amendment that will make it palatable. The whole things needs to die.

This will require ensuring the swing Democrats like Sinema and Manchin do not defect, and win over swing Republicans like Murkowski and Collins.

Delay the Bill with the CRA
Getting that majority can take time, and so what we need to do is buy ourselves more time.  GOP handed the Democrats a tool that when they broke precedent ..... This means that the Democrats could apply the CRA to hundreds of regulations, and delay debate of OBBBA for weeks.

Minimize Harm Using The Byrd Rule
But we also need to minimize harm and prioritize.  Two the most systemically devastating provisions in the bill - the one strips courts of their power to enforce rulings and the ban on AI regulations - are undeniably not budget related and do not belong in a reconciliation bill. This means the Byrd Rule can be applied to remove provisions, and it only requires 40 votes.

Plan:  June 17 - July 3
We must flood the phones over the next three weeks, relentlessly. Below are three call scripts. Depending on which Senators you have, choose one of them below. 

But don't stop there. Even if we don't live in the States where the swing voters are, we must call them, along with anyone that is on the Senate Budget Committee:

Resources:

• Find your Senator: Search by State 
  
• Full Call List: Full Senate Call Directory
  
• Senate Budget Committee: Members List

• The Hill: GOP Looks to Win Over Collins, Murkowski on Trump Bill

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Scripts:
Script 1: For Democrats and Independents

Hi, my name is [Your Name], and I’m a constituent calling about the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — also known as the Social Murder Bill.

I am assuming he/she is voting "no" already and don't need to convince you, but I'm calling to urge Senator [Name] to do two things:

First, invoke the Byrd Rule to strip out the most dangerous provisions that do not belong in a budget bill — including the court contempt clause, the ban on federal AI regulation, and any other non-fiscal provisions.

Second, please use the Congressional Review Act to delay floor debate and give the public time to mobilize. This is a life-and-death bill for millions. 

Ideally, this bill will die on the floor, but in the mean time, we must delay and minimize harm. 

We are watching closely. We need real resistance. Thank you.

Script 2: For Swing Democrats and Republicans

Tone: Calm, Respecive, Urgent

Hello, my name is [Your Name], and I’m urging Senator [Name] to vote against the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — what many of us now call the Social Murder Bill.
This bill would devastate vulnerable Americans — stripping food, housing, and healthcare from those already barely surviving. It also guts essential checks on AI and judicial power.

This is a line-in-the-sand vote — not just about politics, but about the kind of future we want to live in.

You’ve shown independence before. Please do so now. Stand for life. Vote "no". Or be known as one of the senators who voted for social murder and the death of democracy.

Script 3: For  Republicans

Tone: Direct, confrontational, historic
This is [Your Name]. I’m calling to say clearly: If Senator [Name] votes for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act — we will remember.

This bill is not governance. It is an act of social murder — knowingly sentencing millions to suffering and death while consolidating power for a ruling minority and leaving children unprotected by the dangers of AI for ten years. 

This is beyond austerity. Beyond negligence. People that vote for this bill will go down in history as child murderers.

This is your line in the sand. History will record how you acted.

Nuremberg is on the calendar. And the world is watching.

Do not cross this line.

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