The Big Beautiful Bill Is Headed to the House of Representatives for a final vote. Call your representatives and make your voice heard NOW to stop it! The bill will negatively impact Native students and higher education institutions by:
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- Changing federal student loan programs and financial aid including student loan repayment plans and ending some income-contingent plans like the SAVE plan, capping Parent PLUS loans and eliminating the Graduate PLUS loan program for new borrowers
- Altering Pell Grant eligibility and possibly reducing funding for certain students.
It will also harm rural and Native communities by:
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- Eliminating health insurance for 17 million Americans;
- Increasing the cost of health care;
- Closing hospitals in rural communities, reducing jobs and also access to health care;
- Reducing and eliminating food assistance for millions of vulnerable children, veterans, and other Americans;
- Eliminating millions of jobs;
- And exploding the national debt—all while increasing the tax bills of the nation’s average citizens.
If you haven’t joined us yet (and even if you have) now is THE time to make your voices heard for your communities. Tell your Representative NO—this Bill is harmful for Native communities, rural communities, and average Americans.
How you can help: Please contact your elected Representatives today and ask them to say “No” to the Big, Beautiful Bill.
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Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP]. I’m calling to ask that [YOUR REPRESENTATIVE’S NAME] oppose passing the One Big, Beautiful Bill. This bill’s Pell Grant and student loan policies will create unnecessary barriers to achieving a higher education for low to middle-income students, especially American Indian and Alaska Natives.
URGENT! Last Chance! Help Stop the Big Beautiful Bill!
Limiting students’ access to funds for education will also lead to an economic fallout in terms of their ability to participate in the workforce and spend their earnings in the market, while also creating a shortage of skilled, qualified, and very needed workers in their communities and a dearth of other important and needed programs and services in rural and Native communities.
