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Hi,
Just a few days after the mass shooting at a school in Texas, the US Senate...went on vacation.
The Senate went on recess in late May. When they return, Democrats will try and persuade Republicans to vote for gun control legislation that is widely popular with the American people. They will fail to get more than one or two Republican votes, at best, well short of the 60 votes needed to overcome Mitch McConnell's filibuster.1
It's obvious that Senate Democrats must end the filibuster if they are going to actually do something to stop mass shootings. But Senators won't act unless we speak up. Will you add your name in this urgent moment?
Sign the petition: The Senate must end the filibuster and pass gun control legislation now!
After the Sandy Hook massacre, Congress in 2013 took up gun background checks with bipartisan support. The bill died on the Senate floor despite majority support, because it failed to override a filibuster.
The filibuster does not "encourage consensus," or else something with near-universal support like gun background checks would have passed years ago. Instead, it's the final refuge of obstructionists who seek to block any and all sensible reform.
How many more mass shootings will happen until we abolish the filibuster?
Sign the petition: Urge Senators to end the filibuster and stop mass shootings!
Thanks for taking action,
Robert and the team at Demand Progress
Sources:
1. New York Times, "Why Republicans Won't Budge on Guns," May 26, 2022.
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