Senator Feinstein, You Must Defend Democracy!

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Yesterday Republicans used the filibuster to prevent debate on the For the People Act, once again proving that they are willing to endanger democracy in order to remain in power.

Senator Feinstein recently told a reporter that she didn't believe our democracy was in jeopardy. We disagree. Ever since the 2020 election, Trump and his Republican sycophants have been undermining democracy with the Big Lie that the election was stolen. They tried to get courts and state legislatures to overturn the results, and then they incited a massive mob attack on the Capitol to violently prevent certification of Biden's victory. In state after state, Republican-controlled legislatures are ramming through highly partisan voter suppression, election-rigging, and other anti-democratic laws clearly targeted against urban, nonwhite, young, and senior voters likely to support Democratic candidates.

To defend democracy against this Republican assault, we support the For The People and John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement acts now before Congress. Republicans are united against those bills. Last week Senator Manchin (D-WV) proposed compromise legislation that would provide some important voting-rights protections. It also includes some provisions Republicans want. GOP leaders McConnell and McCarthy immediately rejected Manchin's offer out of hand. Their instant opposition to any compromise makes it clear that the only way to defend democracy is to abolish or reform the filibuster so that voting rights legislation can be passed in the Senate by the slim Democratic majority.

Therefore, we call on Senator Feinstein to recognize that democracy is under attack and to defend it by ending or changing the filibuster and enacting meaningful voting rights legislation.

Call Senator Feinstein and tell her: End the Filibuster to Protect Democracy!

It is now clear that Republicans in the Senate will continue to use the filibuster to prevent votes on key legislation that Democrats would otherwise be able to pass with a simple majority vote. Unless this process is reformed, Republicans will successfully turn aside all legislation to protect voters’ rights. Read more in our deep dive “The Filibuster Explained (Simplified).”

Get Ready to Act to End the Filibuster and Protect Voting Rights

Join ISF, IEB and many other grassroots organizations at Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland on July 7 at 6 PM for a rally to defend democracy and raise awareness of the need to protect voting rights for all Americans. We are facing a make-or-break moment for S.1, the For The People Act. This summer marks a real Deadline for Democracy. We need to mobilize like never before to show our senators that there is overwhelming grassroots support for democracy reform, and we need to demand that they get it done now without letting the filibuster get in the way.

All are welcome to join our events!

ISF Federal Working Group meeting: Thursday, June 24, 7:30–9 PM. Register here for a Zoom meeting to help us develop strategies to influence our Members of Congress and the Biden administration to enact a progressive agenda.

Phone Bank to Arizona to Kill the Filibuster, with Indivisible East Bay: Sunday, June 27, 1-3 PM. Call Arizona voters of color and patch them through to Senator Sinema to encourage her to reform the filibuster in order to pass the For the People Act (HR1/S1). This will be a recurring virtual phone bank hosted each Sunday between 1 PM and 3 PM PT. Sign up here.

ISF State and Local Working Group meeting: Friday, July 2, 7:30–8:30 PM. Register here for a Zoom meeting to help us plan to propose legislation to our state legislators and support progressive initiatives on the state and local level.

Deadline for Democracy Rally in Support of S1: Wednesday, July 7, 6-7 PM at Oscar Grant Plaza in Oakland. Join ISF, IEB and many other grassroots organizations for an in-person rally to defend democracy and raise awareness of the need to protect voting rights for all Americans. RSVP here.

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If you’ve seen our newsletter posts on Twitter and Facebook, you might have noticed that we include a photo or graphic with each issue.

This week’s graphic is a version of our custom Filibuster Action Hour graphic.

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