A Casket Protest: Tennessee Congressional Members Draw Demonstrations Against 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

Harold Branam: WV's congressional delegation shafted us (Opinion)

All four of West Virginia's members of Congress voted for President Donald Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill," which he signed into law July 4. To fund tax cuts for the rich and a growing police state, the bill cuts programs for…

Group brings coffins to city hall after 'Big Beautiful Bill' passed

MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A large group of people pushing what they call a "Moral Monday Movement" delivered a message to United States Senator Bill Hagerty on Monday. The group met in front of city hall in downtown Memphis, carrying coffins, saying impacts to southern states from the expected cuts in the recent passing of President Trump's "Big Beautiful Bill" will be deadly to many people. Photo by WREG Photo by WREG Photo by WREG Photo by WREG A larg…

Port: North Dakota's delegation seems tone deaf about the politics 'big beautiful bill'

MINOT — When North Dakota's congressional delegation — Sens. John Hoeven and Kevin Cramer, along with Rep. Julie Fedorchak — held a press conference to tout the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, doing so at the offices of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, where they spent a great deal of time touting the legislation's positive aspects for the oil, gas and coal industries, was an interesting choice. I say that not out of an animosity f…

A casket protest: Tennessee congressional members draw demonstrations against 'Big, Beautiful Bill'

Organizers are specifically targeting Southern states due to the people who will be impacted living in the region. Southern states had poverty rates of 15%, according to recent U.S. Census Bureau data.

Moral Monday protest decries Medicaid, SNAP cuts as murder by policy

The Moral Monday demonstration outside Memphis City Hall was billed as a rally against what organizers called President Trump’s “big, bad, ugly, deadly, destructive” budget bill. But Monday’s protest looked like a funeral, and in many ways, it was. Under sweltering midday heat, hundreds of “mourners” processed solemnly across Civic Center Plaza carrying simple wooden […]

Big Beautiful Bill Delays Commonsense Fee on Wasted Methane - Taxpayers for Common Sense

On July 4th, President Trump signed the fiscal year (FY) 2025 budget reconciliation bill, also known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), into law. The sprawling legislation includes major changes to federal policy and spending, including a costly delay to a fee on methane emissions from oil and gas operators and the rescission of the remaining taxpayer-funded incentives provided through the Methane Emissions Reduction Program (MERP). Each…