“Congressional Republicans aren’t hiding the ball. They want to eviscerate funding for programs working families rely on and they are willing to shut down the government to do it.”

In a letter to President Biden today covered exclusively in HuffPost, the 87-member ProsperUS coalition urged the White House to reject any spending bills that cut funding for critical programs.

These last-ditch efforts to slash critical investments in workers and families are deeply unpopular and doomed to fail. Extreme House GOP members should accept reality: The majority of Congress is with the American people in rejecting hostage-taking and painful and irresponsible cuts.

87-member coalition calls for swift passage of appropriations at the agreed-upon spending levels. New polling from Navigator research shows Americans overwhelmingly opposed to House GOP’s proposed cuts.

While averting catastrophic default is a necessity, the bill is a clear step backwards for our economy. It cuts investments in workers and families and pushes older Americans into poverty – all while protecting the wealthy and biggest corporations.

“The House Republican majority is holding our economy hostage in an egregious attempt to implement extreme cuts that would hurt workers and the economy. But our message to President Biden is clear: workers and families shouldn’t pay the price simply because Congress is refusing to do its most basic job.”

We urge President Biden to oppose any deal that would hurt the most vulnerable people in our economy. If House Republicans are serious about reducing deficits and raising revenue, they would stop shielding the wealthy and big corporations from paying their fair share in taxes.

Congress and the White House must move quickly to pass a clean debt limit bill before it’s too late. We cannot allow extremists in the House to make devastating ransom demands in exchange for not cratering our economy – period.

Congress should move immediately to prevent federal default and eliminate the debt ceiling as a hostage for House Republicans to take in their crusade to cut needed investments.

The House Republican majority's latest proposal is a complete non-starter. We have already lived through the economic devastation of deep cuts like those proposed here. Sequestration led to lower economic growth, higher unemployment rates, and poor economic outcomes for workers and families.

Lowering costs for families, strengthening Medicare and Social Security, and delivering investments in health care, housing, and climate are key to widespread prosperity and economic growth.

The verdict is in: An economic agenda that invests in workers, families, and communities is key to widespread prosperity and economic growth.

House Republicans have jammed through a rules package that makes it very clear what their priorities this Congress will be: more tax breaks for the rich; massive cuts to health care, education, and other family priorities; and politically-motivated manufactured crises.

People have made their voices heard, loud and clear – now it’s time for our leaders to get back to the urgent work of building a stronger, more equitable economy that works for all of us.

Following the House’s passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Claire Guzdar, spokesperson for ProsperUS, released the statement.

Today, the ProsperUS coalition announced a new six-figure ad campaign demanding action to deliver bold investments for people and the planet.

Today, in a letter to Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer, ProsperUS urged Congress to implement popular, needed, and long-overdue investments in climate, care, and good-paying jobs.

“There is a lot to celebrate in one short year, but our economic recovery is at risk without further action. The need for additional public investments in climate resilience, jobs, health care, child care, and more couldn’t be clearer. When the Senate returns to work, ProsperUS hopes and expects that they will act immediately to deliver Pres. Biden’s Build Back Better agenda.” 

“Any claims that we should pass up a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make vital public investments are misguided. The Build Back Better Act is deeply-needed, widely-popular, and economically sound — and lays the foundation for an economy that works for all of us, not just the wealthy and large corporations. The Senate must pass and President Biden must sign the Build Back Better Act before the year ends.”