Demand Accountability
Trump and his enablers in Congress have shut down the federal government — holding our country hostage to force cruel cuts and unchecked power.
They’re demanding massive rollbacks to healthcare, slashing funding for clean energy and schools, and writing blank checks for Trump’s anti-democratic agenda. All while federal workers go without pay, families lose childcare, and small businesses can’t access loans.
We’re not sitting back. We’re organizing to stop the Trump Shutdown, defend our freedoms, and protect our neighbors.
What's Happening
Republican leadership walked away from bipartisan negotiations and refused to pass a clean funding bill. Instead, they’ve aligned themselves with Trump’s demands — deep cuts to healthcare, spikes in premiums, and power to redirect taxpayer money toward his personal and political projects.
The result:
800,000 federal workers furloughed or working without pay.
Delayed food assistance for families and seniors.
Halted wildfire recovery and tribal healthcare programs.
Mounting costs to communities across Montana and the country.
This shutdown isn’t about budgets — it’s about control. Trump wants to prove he can break the system and get away with it. We’re here to prove he can’t. Every day the shutdown continues, real people suffer — and that’s the point. Trump and his allies are trying to make cruelty the new normal.
We can end this if we fight together — with discipline, visibility, and power.
Call & Email Daines and Sheehy
Tell them to stop playing politics with people’s lives.
Demand a bipartisan deal that protects healthcare, keeps prices down, and reins in Trump’s lawlessness.
Sample script:
Hi, my name is ___ and I live in [city, zip code], Montana.
Republicans caused this Trump Shutdown by insisting on ripping away healthcare and giving Trump another blank check. That’s unacceptable.
I’m asking [Daines/Sheehy] to negotiate a bipartisan budget today that stops healthcare cuts, keeps prices down, and reins in Trump’s abuse of power.
Will the Senator commit to that?
Daines: (406) 549-8198, (202) 224-2651
Sheehy: (406) 218-2658, (202) 224-2644
Call Zinke
Flood his inbox. Demand he votes now to reopen the government — no healthcare cuts, no corporate giveaways, no blank checks for Trump.
Short messages count. Numbers count more.