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Today, LDF sent a letter to Senate and Congressional leaders, opposing the Senate amendment to H.R.1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act. The organizations also urged the Senate to reject both the procedurally impermissible provisions included in the bill, and to reject the harmful policies outlined in the letter, which cut programs that are lifelines to Black people and other communities of color and encroach on the rule of law and civil rights.

In light of all eight organizations’ collective mission to represent Black communities, this letter underscores the urgent nature of the legislative process and specific provisions in this bill that will harm most people in the United States, and especially Black people, if it takes effect. This letter is a clear and bold call to action for all senators and members of Congress: do not let this budget reconciliation bill become law.

The letter was signed by: 

  • Janai Nelson President and Director-Counsel NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.
  • Damon Hewitt President and Executive Director Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
  • Marc H. Morial President and Chief Executive Officer National Urban League
  • Reverend Al Sharpton Founder and President National Action Network
  • Melanie Campbell President and Chief Executive Officer National Coalition on Black Civic Participation Black Women’s Roundtable
  • Derrick Johnson President and Chief Executive Officer NAACP
  • Maya Wiley President and Chief Executive Officer Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Shavon Arline-Bradley President and Chief Executive Officer National Council of Negro Women

Read the full letter here.

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Founded in 1940, the Legal Defense Fund (LDF) is the nation’s first civil rights law organization. LDF’s Thurgood Marshall Institute is a multi-disciplinary and collaborative hub within LDF that launches targeted campaigns and undertakes innovative research to shape the civil rights narrative. In media attributions, please refer to us as the Legal Defense Fund or LDF. Please note that LDF has been completely separate from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) since 1957—although LDF was originally founded by the NAACP and shares its commitment to equal rights.

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