A Dad from Illinois vs. Washington’s “One Big Beautiful Bill”
The People’s Package That Actually Delivers
By Andrew Helton
Rockford, Illinois • November 25, 2025
In July 2025, Washington passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”
They called it historic. The Congressional Budget Office called it a $3.4 trillion addition to the national debt. Families got almost nothing: zero weeks of paid leave, no new homes for veterans, and millions at risk of losing health coverage.
I’m just a dad making $30k a year in Rockford, Illinois. I got tired of watching both parties talk big and deliver crumbs. So I did what no one in Congress did: I sat down at the kitchen table and wrote the real plan.
The CitizenHelton United Act of 2026 is eleven complete, ready-to-file bills that any Member of Congress can introduce the day the 119th Congress opens — January 3, 2026.
Here’s the side-by-side comparison nobody in Washington wants you to see:
Debt impact
OBBB: Adds ~$3.4 trillion to the debt CitizenHelton: Cuts $2.8 – $3.4 TRILLION over 10 years
Paid family leave
OBBB: Zero weeks
CitizenHelton: Up to one full year — working families under $100k/$200k get the full 52 weeks immediately
Childcare
OBBB: Tiny tweak
CitizenHelton: $3,200 fully refundable credit per child under 6
Veterans & housing
OBBB: Almost nothing
CitizenHelton: 750,000 new mixed-income homes — at least 40% reserved for veterans
Border security
OBBB: Some wall money
CitizenHelton: Wall completion + 10,000 new agents + nationwide E-Verify + merit-based system
Drug prices
OBBB: Weak Canada importation
CitizenHelton: Canada + permanent Most-Favored-Nation pricing + patent-abuse bans
Healthcare
OBBB: CBO says 8–15 million lose coverage
Citizenhelton: $15 billion reinsurance + no one pays more than 8.5% of income + $32–$48 billion annual savings while expanding coverage
Social Security
OBBB: Kicked the can
CitizenHelton: No cap for workers, frozen forever for millionaires — solvency for decades
Shutdowns & waste
OBBB: Weak language, one-time cuts
CitizenHelton: Shutdowns legally impossible + $110 billion permanent annual waste cuts
Ready to pass
OBBB: Took six months of arm-twisting
CitizenHelton: Eleven copy-and-paste bills ready right now
Washington gave massive tax cuts to the top and added trillions to the debt.
I wrote the plan that gives families the most generous paid leave in the world, builds homes for veterans, secures the border for real, slashes drug prices, saves Social Security, protects healthcare, and actually pays down the debt — all without touching a single paycheck under $400k/$800k joint.
No lobbyists. No donors. No party bosses.
Just a dad from Illinois who did Congress’s homework.
The CitizenHelton United Act of 2026 is finished.
Now it’s Congress’s turn.
Download all eleven bills free at www.citizenhelton.com and tell your Representative and Senators:
Pass the people’s package.
Andrew Helton
Citizen Advocate
#CitizenHeltonUnited
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