Mitch McConnell is very worried about the possible end to the filibuster. He won’t be able to stop Democrats from expanding voting rights, making D.C. a state, acting on climate change, raising the minimum wage to $15 & much more. Sign now to pressure Senate Democrats to end the filibuster. Sign Now

John,

Democrats flipped the Senate when Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff were elected on January 5th in Georgia. That took away a lot of power from Mitch McConnell — but it still left McConnell with a powerful tool to obstruct progress: The Filibuster.

But as more and more Senate Democrats say they want to end the filibuster or consider nixing it, Mitch McConnell is getting nervous. It’s the one tool McConnell has to block hugely popular policies that Democrats want to pass because, under the filibuster rule, Democrats need 60 votes to pass most bills.

McConnell is so nervous he even spoke about it on the floor of the Senate just hours ago. He said if Democrats get rid of the filibuster, nobody in the Senate “can even begin to imagine what a completely scorched earth Senate would look like.” That’s simply not true.

We imagine a Senate that will pass an historic voting rights law, a $15 minimum wage, critical labor protections for workers, racial justice measures, legislation to stop climate change, campaign finance reform, and more. If you want to take power from Mitch McConnell AND pass these progressive policies, add your name to our petition urging Senate Democrats to end the filibuster.

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President Obama said the filibuster is a relic of the Jim Crow era because it allows the Republican minority in the Senate to block progress on social, economic, and racial justice for communities of color. Republicans like McConnell are so desperate to hang on to the filibuster and block voting rights legislation because it will be harder for them to win future elections if they don’t.

Senate Democrats must end the filibuster and pass laws we’ve waited decades for. Add your name to this fight right now, and demand Democrats do what’s right.

In solidarity,

Justice Democrats

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