Today, in advance of the Senate’s return to session and expected critical votes on strong voting rights and democracy-protecting legislation, Fix Our Senate announced that more than 20 new organizations have joined the Fix Our Senate coalition since March.
Last Friday, August 27, West Virginia Democratic Party Black Caucus Co-Chair Hollis Lewis wrote an op-ed published in the West Virginia Gazette-Mail calling for filibuster reform in order to defend our nation’s democracy.
The following is a statement from Eli Zupnick, spokesman for Fix Our Senate reacting to the House of Representatives passage of “The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021” (H.R. 4).
Today’s Census Bureau release of new congressional district-level data will unofficially kick off the redistricting and reapportionment process.
Today, Fix Our Senate released the following statement from spokesman Eli Zupnick after Senate Republicans once again blocked voting rights and democracy-protecting legislation before senators left for recess.
Today, Fix Our Senate released the following statement on new reports that Senate Democrats are completing work on updated legislation to protect voting rights and prevent partisan gerrymandering and plan to hold a vote as soon as next week.
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.
