Fix Our Senate congratulates Senators-elect Warnock and Ossoff, incoming Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and the entire incoming Senate Democratic majority for their clear victory and strong mandate.
People across the country overwhelmingly rejected the Trump-McConnell government and strongly support President-elect Biden’s agenda to restore our democracy and make progress on the critical issues facing our nation.
Late last week, former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Cory Booker weighed in with new comments highlighting the growing momentum for the filibuster to be eliminated as a weapon that Mitch McConnell can use to block progress.
This is par for the course in Sen. McConnell’s broken Senate and people across the country are sick and tired of it.
Today, progressive leaders from around California signed a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom demanding that, should Senator Kamala Harris become vice president, Gov. Newsom appoint someone to fill her vacant Senate seat that supports ending the legislative filibuster.
Senator Feinstein is absolutely wrong about what is happening in the Senate and in her Committee.
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.
