John, we'd venture a guess that Women's Marchers like you know exactly what it feels like when you're trying to get a word in, but a man just won't stop talking.
If that's true for you, then you've got a pretty good idea of what it's like to have to deal with a filibuster on the floor of the U.S. Senate.
The filibuster is a political procedure where one or more members of Congress speak for a prolonged period of time with the purpose of delaying — or outright obstructing — legislation from being brought up to a vote. President Obama recently called the filibuster a “Jim Crow relic," because of its use by segregationists to block landmark civil rights legislation.
Here's why ending the filibuster matters right now, John: Now that Democrats control the White House, Senate, and the House, we have a rare and important opportunity to pass bold action on issues we care about, like climate justice, racial justice, expanding voting rights, and more. Building our feminist future can't happen with Mitch McConnell's obstructionist filibuster in the way, so we must abolish it once and for all.
Women all across the country organized tirelessly to help win the White House AND both chambers of Congress — and together, we did it, John. But with the filibuster still in play, Mitch McConnell can still manage to stall, and even outright block, progressive legislation from making it to President Biden's desk.
We must do everything we can to eliminate the filibuster, but it will take an enormous public pressure campaign to get it done. That's why it's crucial that as many Women's Marchers as possible add their voices to this petition today:
Thank you for taking action,
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