The Trump administration’s firing of the Department of Transportation Acting Inspector General, Mitchell Behm, shows yet again Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s culture of corruption continues to spread.
McConnell silent as Senator Burr remained Senate Intelligence Committee Chair for 57 days following allegations of insider trading, continued to receive classified briefings on coronavirus.
With horrific job loss numbers, tens of thousands of deaths due to coronavirus, 43 million Americans at risk of losing their health insurance, and police officers, firefighters and first responders around the country at risk of layoffs because of state revenue shortfalls, Americans need additional rescue legislation immediately.
During the most deadly pandemic in a century, McConnell’s Senate is working as hard as ever to reward drug and insurance companies at the expense of access to affordable health care for millions of Americans.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is calling the Senate back into session next week. But it’s not to provide aid to state and local governments, support frontline workers, or ask the administration why the U.S. still does not have an adequate testing regime.
Despite a lack of leadership from Washington, elected officials in state and local governments are working to set the country back on a path to recovery, help protect frontline workers, and expand access to testing.
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.
