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Indivisibles,

You know it. We know it. The filibuster has been weaponized by MAGA
Republicans to become one of their strongest weapons in preventing
Congress from passing meaningful legislation. It’s long time for the
filibuster to go. But what is the smartest, cleanest path to preventing
that obstructionism?

[ [link removed] ]Join our own Ezra Levin in a conversation with Sen. Jeff Merkley about
his book Filibustered! on Monday, February 26 at 7pm ET/4pm PT to find
out.

**Bonus: The first 50 people to [ [link removed] ]submit a question for the conversation
will receive a free copy of Merkley’s book Filibustered!**

We have watched Senate Republicans use the filibuster as a conservative
shield -- blocking any measure of popular progress from passing through
Congress including:

* [ [link removed] ]Senate Republicans used the filibuster to block Obama’s judicial
nominees in a move that shaped the future of court appointments for
all sitting presidents. 
* [ [link removed] ]The For The People Act would have achieved comprehensive voting
rights and election reform ensuring fair, equitable, and ethical
elections across the country… if Republicans had not been able to use
the filibuster to block the legislation.
* [ [link removed] ]Though Democrats are poised and ready to codify reproductive
freedoms into law, Senate Republicans are using the filibuster to
block our bodily autonomy and impose draconian abortion bills on
Americans at the state level.

Republicans don’t care about the will of the people. Republicans don’t
care about enacting popular and widely impactful policy. They care about
maintaining their death-grip on power for themselves and their wealthy
donors. 

If we want to move forward, Democrats must reform the filibuster. But how?

Sen. Merkley has long been a champion of filibuster reform, charting a
path forward even as it was a less popular position in the Democratic
party. His book offers a path forward through looking at the past:

In a compelling and powerfully argued book, Senator Jeff Merkley and his
longtime chief of staff tell the insiders’ story of how the Senate used to
work and how the filibuster came to cripple the self-styled “World’s
Greatest Deliberative Body” with paralyzing gridlock. And they make the
surprising case that restoring a modified version of the old-style,
talking filibuster may just be our democracy’s path back from the brink.

[ [link removed] ]Join Ezra as he dives into the details of what the filibuster has cost
us, where we stand now, and what a future unobstructed by the filibuster
could be with Sen. Merkley next Monday, February 26 at 7pm ET/4pm PT.  

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team

P.S. [ [link removed] ]Don’t forget to ask a question -- you might get a free book!

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