1. United States
2. Pa.
3. Letter

Calling on all Senators to invoke the Byrd rule on the GOP’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act that has moved to the Senate for consideration and reconciliation. The Senate's Byrd rule for reconciliation bills limits the budget-based bill from meandering too far outside a fiscal pathway. The Byrd rule can apply to remove a policy item doesn’t have an impact on spending or revenue, or if the item will continue to increase the federal deficit outside the bill’s fiscal window.  Please raise the Byrd Rule for these issues included in The Big Beautiful Bill Act: Restriction on judges (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/3424218/big-beautiful-bill-provision-shield-trump-federal-judges/): After many presidential executive orders have been blocked in federal court, Sec. 70302 of the bill would limit a federal judge’s ability to hold anyone, including the Trump administration, in contempt or issue an injunction until a bond has been paid. AI regulation ban (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/3424703/ai-provisions-could-be-deleted-senate-big-beautiful-bill/): One major policy change deals with artificial intelligence (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/artificial-intelligence/) in Sec. 43201. The bill would ban states from imposing regulations on AI for the next 10 years. Opponents have previewed that they will challenge this section as unapplicable to a reconciliation bill.  Gun regulations (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3419321/gun-groups-cheer-suppressor-victory-second-amendment-house-budget-bill/): The taxation on gun silencers section, Sec. 112029, loosens the regulation and tax on suppressors. The provisions were added in part to gain the support of Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), a fiscal conservative and gun store owner, who took credit (https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/2025/05/22/us-rep-andrew-clyde-of-georgia-takes-credit-for-gun-silencer-tax-break/83791756007/) for their inclusion. The provision outlines regulatory definitions and sets new rates related to making and transferring silencers. Planned Parenthood defunding (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/3420427/defund-planned-parenthood-push-senate-house-bill/): Sec. 44126 in the bill would defund much of Planned Parenthood (https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/planned-parenthood/), describing the abortion provider as a “prohibited entity.” The section has been described as both too broad and too policy-driven, rather than budget-based. Democrats and abortion-rights advocates have defended federal funding to Planned Parenthood as important for women by providing health exams and birth control, whereas many Republicans have opposed any federal dollars going to clinics that also provide abortions.