Now that the Senate has passed the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill", a group of voters are asking Representative Mike Bost to vote against the bill's cuts to Medicaid and SNAP recipients.
Nearly 100 people gathered outside Representative Mike Bost's Murphysboro office just hours after the Senate Passed the budget reconciliation bill dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill". Tuesday's demonstration was a collaboration between Indivisible Shawnee, Citizen Action Illinois, as well as representatives of the SEIU and AFCME unions.
Mary Rajcok with Indivisible Shawnee came out to support people on Medicaid like her sister. She is worried that the cuts in the bill will end up hurting her sister and other people in the 12th congressional district represented by Bost.
After the group shared their goals to stop the cuts, they presented a stack of petitions asking Bost to vote against the cuts.
Carrie Vine is with Citizen Action Illinois. She was part of the group who presented the petitions to Representative Bost's staff members. They were able to spend a few minutes also explaining their concerns about the cuts in person.
Leslie Lloyd is against the cuts. She says she's tried to talk with Bost about this bill previously. She's not been able to get a meeting, but today she was thankful to have a chance to be heard.
Representative Bost released a statement, "I support the goal of making Medicaid and SNAP more sustainable and readily accessible to the American citizens it’s intended to help. We’re focused on rooting out fraud and requiring recipients who are healthy, working age, and without dependents to work or be looking for work. That’s just common sense, and helps us ensure we’re better able to assist those who truly need it."
Bost says he's reviewing the senate's version of the bill and hopes to have the bill ready for President Trump's Signature on July 4th.
