Now the real fight begins. This bill did not fail. It didn’t even receive a vote because Senate Republicans chose to hide behind the filibuster and block their colleagues from debating the subject of voting rights. Mitch McConnell led his caucus to embrace the legacy of Strom Thurmond and use Jim Crow-era tactics to block debate over desperately-needed reforms to protect voting rights and return power to the people. The question now is whether congressional Democrats and President Biden join forces in order to repel the attacks on our democracy.
Indivisible, Declaration for American Democracy Coalition, Stand Up America, End Citizens United Action Fund, Common Cause, Fix Our Senate, Advancement Project, Transformative Justice Coalition, Just Democracy, and over 70 other organizations are launching Deadline For Democracy, a cross-movement mobilization plan for the July Recess demanding lawmakers act urgently to defend democracy and pass the For the People Act by August.
Today’s filibuster proves, yet again, that the Republican party is committed to obstructing basically every part of President Biden’s agenda, regardless of how popular or how needed the legislation is.
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Following the Senate Republicans filibuster of legislation to create a bipartisan commission investigating the January 6 insurrection, Indivisible, Fix Our Senate, and 56 other organizations representing millions of people across the country released the following statement calling on Senate Democrats to finally eliminate the filibuster.
We applaud the decision of the Biden administration to grant Temporary Protected Status to Haitian refugees in this country. This decision means relief and protection for families who have sought refuge in American, and have had to live with the fear of being deported to unstable and possibly deadly conditions.
This pandemic has not only laid bare the deep inequities of our for-profit healthcare system, leaving marginalized communities to face the deadly consequences, but it has proven that our health and safety are tied globally. Indivisible firmly believes that healthcare is a right and until every person is guaranteed that right, our work is not over.
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President Biden and congressional Democrats together have made a strong start in the administration’s first 100 days. But the hardest hill is still ahead.