One year ago today, the House of Representatives passed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 (HR 8), requiring background checks on all firearm purchases, establishing a new background check system, and closing the “gun show loophole.”
Today, Fix Our Senate released a new video showcasing Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s egregious obstruction on prescription drugs.
New reporting from the American Independent exposes how Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell holds bills in his legislative graveyard — and then receives campaign cash from wealthy special interests.
Under pressure from Senate Republicans scared of their constituents back home, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is suddenly warming to action on drug prices.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has made it clear to his Republican colleagues that no amount of oversight of the executive branch is acceptable.
President Trump’s 2021 budget proposal lays bare the Republican agenda in which his administration is failing to invest in infrastructure and health care, and seeks to deny our seniors the benefits they’ve earned.
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.
