The Byrd rule has been law since 1990, and has been used successfully dozens of times to block so-called “extraneous” (unrelated) provisions that shouldn’t get passed through reconciliation.
Indivisible is proud to provide direct financial support to Indivisible groups for their collaborative and capacity-building projects. Our Grassroots Organizing Wins (GROW) grants program is a way for registered Indivisible groups to get funding for their activities and trainings. Potential applicants only need is a Distributed Fundrasisig account and a great project pitch.
At the start of the 117th Congress, House Democrats adopted new rules for the House of Representatives, which included reforms to the Motion to Recommit (MTR). While Indivisible’s preferred solution was to simply get rid of the MTR all together, the new reforms are an important step in the right direction.
Our political landscape and an ongoing global pandemic create daily opportunities for bad actors to fabricate new conspiracies, push false information, and exacerbate social tensions. Disinformation and online attacks spread rapidly, leaving us to make difficult decisions about when and how to respond to what we see online.
A 50/50 split of Republicans and Democrats in the Senate is very rare, but the situation lends itself to a deviation of procedural norms. Read here about what the Organizing Resolution (sometimes called a Power-Sharing Agreement) is and how Democrats can use it to govern the Senate.
Structural racism persists across every facet of American life and is perhaps most evident in the way that law enforcement interacts with communities of color. Here are actions that you can take right now in your own community.
