Today, in a powerful speech in Georgia, President Biden called for the Senate to reform the filibuster in order to pass voting rights.
On Tuesday, President Biden will deliver a voting rights speech in Georgia that is expected to call for Senate Democrats to reform the filibuster. The following is a statement from Eli Zupnick, spokesperson for Fix Our Senate:
Momentum is building for Senate Democrats’ push to deliver on voting rights and democracy legislation in January, acknowledging that the only way to pass these bills is by finally addressing and reforming the filibuster.
Fix Our Senate today announced a new letter signed by 60 organizations urging Senate Democrats to address the filibuster to pass voting rights legislation, just as they recently found a way around the filibuster on the debt ceiling. The letter arrives ahead of Democrats’ promised January push on voting rights and Senate rules.
This morning, Fix Our Senate released the following statement from spokesman Eli Zupnick in response to Senator Chuck Schumer’s letter to Senate Democrats today laying out a timeline for a debate and vote on Senate rules by January 17th.
This morning, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) released a Dear Colleague letter that included a pledge to revisit voting rights legislation in early January and to address the filibuster that stands in the way of its passage.
A poll commissioned by Fix Our Senate and conducted by Global Strategy Group found that 43% of registered voters in West Virginia see the filibuster as a way to create more gridlock.
Unless Democrats take steps to reform or eliminate the filibuster, McConnell can use this obstructionist weapon to block the For the People Act
President Biden’s legislative ambitions face a crucial test in the narrowly divided Congress this month, with key Democratic senators signaling they want to pump the brakes.
Once obscure, the Senate filibuster is coming under fresh scrutiny not only because of the enormous power it gives a single senator to halt President Joe Biden’s agenda, but as a tool historically used for racism.
Gun control groups are joining the progressive fight to end the filibuster as the Senate voting rule threatens their goal of passing comprehensive gun reform.
"Historian of the 20th century South here. I dispute Mitch's statement. The filibuster has a ton of 'racial history.'"
This brief will explore the racist history of the filibuster, how it came to be used as it is today, and outline this history specifically through the lens of gun violence prevention, cataloging legislation that has been impeded by the use of the filibuster, obstructing progress toward safer communities and fewer needless tragedies.
The filibuster is a procedural tool of the Senate that delays or prevents a piece of legislation from being brought to a vote. It is a vestige of a deal made to appeal to segregationists and has historically been used to block passage of civil rights legislation.
