Through a mass mobilization effort by the Sunrise Movement, activists gathered in the U.S. Capitol on June 3, 2025, to execute a series of Senate disruptions. Multiple groups stormed the halls of the Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building, with actions focusing on Senators who support President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” including Senator Thom Tillis. Multiple arrests were made.
Arrests were made outside several senators’ offices during actions that involved people lying down with corpse shrouds or white sheets covering them with flowers while someone held a sign that read, “CAUSE OF DEATH: MEDICAID CUTS.”
Chants were sung and repeated of “Which side are you on now, which side are you on?” This was to illustrate that people will die if they lose their health care, according to activists.
The bill is a continuation of the 2017 Trump-era tax cuts (Tax Cuts and Jobs Act) — which would otherwise expire — and could cost the federal government $3.7 trillion over the next ten years. The bill has a provision of $46.5 billion to go towards immigration enforcement and building the border wall at the U.S.-Mexico border.
An estimated $1.3 trillion will be cut from federal programs such as the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP) and Medicaid.
The bill allows taxpayers to deduct $10,000 of auto loan interest for U.S.-made vehicles and reduces state and local taxes (SALT), which benefits high-tax states like California and New York. The bill proposes an increase of the annual child tax credit to $2,200 permanently, provide tax relief for workers and the elimination of federal taxes on tips, and overtime wages.
On June 26, 2025, the Senate’s parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled that several proposed changes to Medicaid could not be included in the bill and were subject to a filibuster. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon says, “Democrats fought and won, striking health care cuts from this bill that would hurt Americans’ walking on an economic tightrope. This bill is rotten to its core, and I’ll keep fighting the cuts in this morally bankrupt bill until the end.”
On June 30, 38 people were arrested at the US Capitol in DC protesting the bill. A group called Repairers of the Breach started “moral Mondays” in DC “to condemn lawmakers’ plans to harm poor and vulnerable communities.”
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