NOTE: This article appeared in Washington Report to Presbyterians, Fall 2021 By Naomi McQuiller The filibuster is a Senate procedure that allows a minority group of senators to block legislation from going to a floor vote. Typically, a bill needs … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, which passed the House in late August, was blocked once again in the U.S. Senate. In a democracy, there is nothing more important than protecting the … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): Go to https://actionnetwork.org/forms/log-your-call-the-senate-must-pass-the-for-the-people-act to call our senators at 1-833-497-4273 and tell them: No More Excuses — fix the filibuster to save our democracy. Any senator who thinks we can preserve both the filibuster and democracy just got a … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): This is big. Majority Leader Schumer just announced that next week will be the first major procedural vote for the Freedom To Vote Act. This will mark a new phase of our campaign to pass this transformative … Continued
Posted at https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/24/house-budget-resolution-vote/ Committees can now get to work on fiscal package worth up to $3.5 trillion that Senate won’t be able to filibuster By Lindsey McPherson Posted August 24, 2021 at 4:11pm, Updated at 7:30pm House Democrats on Tuesday adopted … Continued
From Americans for Tax Fairness (https://americansfortaxfairness.org/): Learn what you can do below! Thanks to the work you’re doing Senate Democrats were united in passing the budget resolution last Wednesday. This was the first step for advancing President Biden’s $3.5 trillion Build Back … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): Voting rights are under attack all over the country. Look no further than Texas — where Republicans are attempting to muscle through legislation to ban 24-hour and drive-through voting, increase criminal penalties for election workers, and … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/12/family-john-lewis-joins-demand-biden-kill-filibuster-defend-voting-rights “If President Biden and Senator Schumer truly care about ending the war on voting rights they have to use their political will to abolish the filibuster and pass the For the People Act immediately,” said one organizer. … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/08/02/hundreds-arrested-dc-demanding-voting-rights-end-poverty-and-death-filibuster Clergy and low-wage workers with the Poor People’s Campaign are also calling on Congress to treat the nation’s immigrants with respect. JESSICA CORBETT August 2, 2021 Leaders of the national Poor People’s Campaign and Rev. Jesse Jackson were … Continued