Dear Friend,

America is facing some incredible challenges.

32 million people have been infected with the coronavirus.^1 Nearly 10
million people are out of work.^2 And 13 million children live in food
insecure homes.^3

But what is Mitch McConnell’s priority? He just said he's “100% focused on
stopping” the Biden administration.^4

McConnell can’t be more clear—Republicans will not work with Democrats in
the best interests of the people. And yet Senate Democrats like Joe
Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema still refuse to end the filibuster because of
some pipe dream that Republicans will cooperate. Now critical legislation
like voting rights bills, the American Families Plan, and the American
Jobs Plan are all at a standstill.

[ [link removed] ]Demand Progress is launching a grassroots campaign to turn up the heat
on senators to end the filibuster. Will you donate to help make it a
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It’s hard to understate how critical ending the filibuster is at this
moment.

Since 2010, when Mitch McConnell and then Speaker of the House John
Boehner vowed to make Barack Obama a one-term president by blocking all of
his initiatives, the Republican use of the filibuster has tripled.^5,6

Because of the near certainty of a Republican filibuster, bills addressing
climate change, a public option for health care, and gun violence
prevention, among hundreds of others, have failed to come to a vote for
more than a decade.^7

The White House has been cleared of Donald Trump, and Democrats have a
congressional majority, but the Democrats’ refusal to kill the filibuster
will likely mean two years of inaction—and potentially a Republican return
to power.

In the meantime, the country is facing dire issues that cannot be
addressed without passing a bold, progressive agenda. We can’t wait any
longer.

We need serious policy changes NOW to address the crises our country is
facing. Demand Progress is planning a public campaign to call out both
McConnell’s willingness to sell out the country for power and Senate
Democrats' failure to do anything about it.

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Thanks for standing with us.

Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress

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Sources:

1. CNN, "These are the states with the highest and lowest vaccination
rates," [ [link removed] ]May 10, 2021
2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, "The Employment Situation April 2021,"
[ [link removed] ]May 7, 2021
3. No Kid Hungry, "Facts About Child Hunger in America," [ [link removed] ]accessed May
12, 2021
4. CNN, "Biden dismisses McConnell's pledge to focus 'on stopping this new
administration'," [ [link removed] ]May 5, 2021
5. Politico, "The GOP's no-compromise pledge," [ [link removed] ]October 28, 2010
6. Center for American Progress, "The Impact of the Filibuster on Federal
Policymaking," [ [link removed] ]December 5, 2019
7. Ibid.
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