The minority released a fact sheet criticizing Republican proposals in the nine remaining fiscal year 2026 appropriations bills. The document argues that the GOP’s funding framework fails to address the cost-of-living crisis, undermines community safety, and enables corruption within the Trump administration.
The fact sheet claims that Republican proposals would cut funding for public housing, education, energy efficiency, and public health programs, while eliminating grants for violence prevention, climate work, and the arts. It also alleges that the administration’s budget actions violate appropriations law and constitutional spending clauses.
The release frames the appropriations impasse as a manufactured crisis, warning of another potential government shutdown in 39 days. Democrats call for full-year spending bills that they say would lower costs, protect communities, and constrain what they describe as abuses of power by President Trump and Budget Director Russ Vought.