John,

Yesterday, at the direction of Mitch McConnell, Joe Manchin, and Kyrsten Sinema moved forward with a one-time exemption to the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling.

That’s right, Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who have both previously stated that they would not support any filibuster exceptions under any circumstances, even to protect voting rights, just made an exception to the filibuster.

If Manchin and Sinema are going to make an exception to the filibuster when McConnell wants to, they should be bending over backwards to make that same exception to protect voting rights.

Join DFA as we tell Manchin, Sinema, and all Senate Democrats: If you're willing to make an exception to the filibuster in order to raise the debt ceiling, you must make that same exception to protect voting rights.

Here's the thing that many people don't want you to know: we only need 50 Senate Democrats and the Vice-President to make an exception to or even eliminate the filibuster.

That means right now, Senate Democrats could just decide to step up and protect voting rights and Republicans can do nothing to stop it.

Yesterday’s vote proves that the notion we can't touch the filibuster under any circumstances is a lie, so Senate Democrats must be willing to remove it for the number one thing we need to get done, protecting voting rights.

Join DFA as we tell Manchin, Sinema, and all Senate Democrats: If you're willing to make an exception to the filibuster in order to raise the debt ceiling, you must make that same exception to protect voting rights.

Thank you for doing everything you can to push Senate Democrats to protect voting rights.

- Yvette

Yvette Simpson, CEO
Democracy for America