Volunteers from Arizona PIRG, CALPIRG, ConnPIRG, INPIRG, Maryland PIRG, MASSPIRG, MoPIRG, MontPIRG, NJPIRG, Ohio PIRG, PennPIRG, WashPIRG, and WISPIRG generated thousands of calls and petitions to their Senators to stop H.R. 1, a federal budget that included a $5.7 billion cut to the Pell Grant program.