Call Your Legislators Today
To our friends & community of LaSalle Street Church,
Christian love calls us to protect neighbors who are poor, hungry, sick, unhoused, or seeking refuge. Congress’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” would do the opposite—stripping billions from programs that keep vulnerable people fed, housed, and healthy while pouring unprecedented sums into deportations. Our faith obliges us to raise a clear, unambiguous “No.”
We Are Called To Act
Our church walks with those who rely on Medicaid to afford insulin, on SNAP to keep children fed, on WIC to buy fresh produce, and on humane immigration policy to keep families intact. If this bill becomes law, many of the people we serve—right here in Chicago, inside and outside our church walls—will face empty pantries, lost health care, and heightened fear of detention.
Scripture begins and ends with God caring for the poor, the foreigner, and the oppressed. We echo that call, trusting you know the well-worn texts commanding justice and mercy. What matters now is action.
Take Five Minutes to Advocate for Change Today
Pray that God would strengthen and support the most vulnerable in our city and their allies—and burden our lawmakers with truth and understanding.
Call both your Senators and your U.S. Representative today. Politely urge them to vote NO on the Big Beautiful Bill and to pursue a budget that protects the vulnerable. Check out this page with a sample script and tool to call your legislators from the Poor Peoples’ Campaign.
Every call is counted on Capitol Hill. When legislators hear from their faith-minded constituents, they notice.
What’s At Stake
Slash health coverage. Cuts of $880 billion to Medicaid over ten years could push up to 36 million people—seniors, parents, and people with disabilities—off their insurance.
Shrink food assistance. A $230 billion reduction to SNAP and stricter work rules would jeopardize groceries for nearly 11 million participants, over 4 million of them children.
Gut WIC nutrition. The bill slashes WIC’s fruit-and-vegetable benefit by two-thirds, dropping a breastfeeding mom’s produce allotment from $52 to $13 and a toddler’s from $26 to $10.
Endanger housing & childcare. Deep cuts to rental assistance and Head Start would push more families toward homelessness and leave hundreds of thousands of children without early learning.
Fuel mass deportations. The package adds $175 billion for detention and removal, expanding beds and enforcement instead of human-services funding. At least one million immigrants holding Temporary Protected Status (TPS)—Haitians, Afghans, and others—face cancellation of their legal status and the threat of deportation.
Budgets are moral documents, and this one favors wealth and punishment over compassion and community. These cuts bankroll large tax breaks and new spending priorities that do not feed the hungry, heal the sick, or welcome the stranger. Faith leaders in the Poor People’s Campaign call it a “death-dealing scheme” and urge us to break the silence for a moral budget.
Stay Engaged
Our perspective on this issue is informed by our personal connections with the vulnerable in this community, as well as by our deeply researched and passionate ministry partners who have been at work in this area for a long time. Check out some of these resources to learn more: