Dear John,

When Texas House Democrats broke quorum last month to take the fight for
voting rights to Washington, DC, they made us proud, and did more than we
ever could have asked of them. They left behind their homes, their
families and their businesses to stall Republican efforts to pass voter
suppression legislation and dismantle our democracy.

As the minority in the state legislature, we always knew that the Texas
Democrats couldn’t hold the line forever, and that the purpose of their
quorum break was to buy us time to pass federal voting rights legislation.
Yesterday, we learned that the Texas House regained quorum, meaning it’s
time for Congress and President Biden to finish the job and do their part
to save our democracy.

[ [link removed] ]So please join me in contacting the White House to urge President Biden
to reform the filibuster and pass federal voting protections. It’s the
only way to stop Republican leadership in Texas from passing voter
suppression legislation and messing with our elections.

The good thing is this: because of what Texas Democrats accomplished
during their quorum break in Washington, DC, Congress is moving in the
right direction. The Senate Majority Leader has promised to take up the
For the People Act as the “first order of legislative business” when
senators return from recess in mid-September. And next week, the House is
set to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, which would complement the
For the People Act by fully restoring the 1965 Voting Rights Act that the
Supreme Court has gutted over the past decade.

But I want to be clear. There is no path forward for either piece of
legislation unless the Senate reforms the filibuster. And that will not
happen unless President Biden puts the full power of the presidency behind
pushing Democratic senators to do so.

[ [link removed] ]With that in mind, please contact President Biden. Push him to use the
full force of his office to reform the filibuster and pass the For the
People Act and John Lewis Voting Rights Act. While writing to the
President is only part of what it will take to move him to act, it’s an
important first step. There is no way to win this fight without him, and
it’s going to be up to all of us to push him to get it done.

Thanks for taking part in this fight,

Beto

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