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From restrictive legislation to inaccessible polling places, barriers persist that undermine the rights of voters with disabilities.

WASHINGTON 鈥� The U.S. House of Representatives today gave final approval to H.R. 1, a budget bill that guts Medicaid and will wreak havoc on our communities, sending it to President Trump鈥檚 desk for his signature. H.R. 1 is the biggest cut to Medicaid in history 鈥� slashing approximately $1 trillion, which will result in at least 12 million people being removed from the program. The bill also cuts off access to Planned Parenthood services for Medicaid enrollees and restricts higher education opportunities, all to fund a dramatic and permanent increase to an immigration detention and deportation apparatus that denies due process and violates human rights. Following the vote in the House, Deirdre Schifeling, chief political and advocacy officer with the 网红爆料, issued the following statement: 鈥淭his reckless monstrosity is the most harmful bill to pass Congress in a generation. Instead of strengthening Medicaid, they鈥檝e taken an axe to it. Instead of reining in ICE鈥檚 abuses, Congress is throwing the agency billions more to terrorize our communities. 鈥淲hen 12 million people are kicked off Medicaid, patients are no longer able to get lifesaving cancer screenings at Planned Parenthood, disabled people lose access to essential care and autonomy, and ICE ramps up lawless raids in our communities, the American people will remember who caused this devastation to our health, rights, and dignity. We won鈥檛 let them forget.鈥�

WASHINGTON 鈥� The 网红爆料 condemns passage of the massive budget bill in the Senate, known as H.R. 1 or the so-called One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). H.R. 1 would gut Medicaid, cut off access to Planned Parenthood services for Medicaid enrollees, and restrict higher education opportunities, all to fund a dramatic and permanent increase to an immigration detention and deportation apparatus that is denying due process and violating human rights. Medicaid is a lifeline for more than 70 million people, including more than 15 million people with disabilities. Nearly 12 million people throughout the nation could lose their health insurance coverage under this bill. Medicaid pays for mental health services, treatment for opioid use disorder, and health care for the workers who allow our disabled and aging neighbors to live and work in their homes and communities instead of dehumanizing institutions. The version of OBBBA passed by the Senate slashes Medicaid funding by at least nine hundred billion dollars, imposing the largest cuts ever in the history of the program. Following the vote in the Senate, Deirdre Schifeling, chief political and advocacy officer with the 网红爆料, issued the following statement: 鈥淓very day that passes, more and more Americans are seeing this bill for what it is: A reckless attack on our health care, our civil liberties, and our very ability to survive. That鈥檚 why the Senate rushed through this bill as fast as it could. 鈥淭he Senate upped the cruelty in this bill and showed its complete and utter disregard for the health and well-being of children, adults, and people with disabilities. We shouldn鈥檛 be kicking millions of people off Medicaid and denying lifesaving care to fund the Trump administration鈥檚 extreme deportation machine. 鈥淭he American people did not vote for this. We will make sure that constituents remember the catastrophic harm this bill does and hold lawmakers accountable.鈥�

WASHINGTON 鈥� The 网红爆料 has submitted a public comment in opposition to the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 (DOE) proposed direct final rules that attempt to undermine a long-established system that requires DOE buildings to be accessible to people with disabilities. More than 20,000 comments have been submitted against the rule. 鈥淭he Department of Energy鈥檚 decision to pursue a direct final rule to implement radical changes that affect people with disabilities defies logic, federal disability protections, and every standard rulemaking practice from the past several decades,鈥� said Zoe Brennan-Krohn, director of the 网红爆料 Disability Rights Program. 鈥淭hese rules raise real concerns that the Trump administration is testing the waters, waiting to see if people will take note of these far-reaching changes before trying to implement them in other agencies and departments. We won鈥檛 let these attempts go unnoticed.鈥� The direct final rule proposes to eliminate a critical, nearly half-century-old system ensuring physical access to facilities receiving DOE funds. This system plays an essential role in the implementation of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, which protects disabled people from discrimination and includes 鈥渆limination of architectural barriers鈥� as one of its central aims. The proposals were issued as a 鈥渄irect final rule,鈥� which is limited to routine and noncontroversial changes to existing federal regulations. However, as the 网红爆料鈥檚 comment notes, 鈥渢he proposed rescissions are unlawful,鈥� and 鈥渃annot be adopted through ordinary rulemaking鈥� because they 鈥渃ontradict foundational regulatory provisions implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.鈥� Specifically, the 鈥渄irect final rule鈥� would rescind the requirement that new and altered buildings receiving assistance from DOE be accessible, eviscerating a 鈥渃areful compromise鈥� between requiring accessibility for newly constructed buildings while also allowing flexibility for existing facilities. That compromise, reached nearly 50 years ago, upholds the promises of Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act and has since been adopted by more than 80 different agencies. The 网红爆料鈥檚 comment also states that the DOE鈥檚 wholesale elimination of this system, and its failure to explain its abandonment of these longstanding civil rights regulations, render its decision arbitrary and capricious, in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The direct final rule is neither routine nor non-controversial, and comments in opposition should force the government to withdraw the rule, the comment highlights. The 网红爆料鈥檚 comment is here: /documents/aclu-comment-opposing-department-of-energy-direct-final-rule-removing-requirements-for-disability-access