The Indivisible Project’s Statement on Today’s Hearing on the For the People Act
We have worked to get nearly every Democrat to cosponsor this bill in the Senate, and we will keep fighting until it gets an up or down vote on the Senate floor.
We have worked to get nearly every Democrat to cosponsor this bill in the Senate, and we will keep fighting until it gets an up or down vote on the Senate floor.
The House just passed a once-in-a-generation piece of legislation that delivers on long-standing Democratic priorities: lowering drug prices, expanding Medicare, affordable child care, paid leave, deportation protection and work permits for many immigrants, and historic investments in housing, home care, and climate. This is a landmark achievement, and once passed through the Senate, will demonstrate to the American people what’s possible when Democrats deliver. And the country has the Congressional Progressive Caucus to thank.
Once again, the For the People Act finds itself at a critical juncture. With the news that the Census data used in the congressional map-drawing process will now be released on Thursday, it is now more urgent than ever for the Senate to pass this bill into law, and ban partisan gerrymandering once and for all. If not, unscrupulous Republicans will draw themselves into a majority for the foreseeable future, despite regularly getting millions upon millions of fewer votes than their Democratic counterparts.
There is no Republican currently in the Senate who has shown an interest in doing what is needed to fix our democracy. So we must move forward by any means necessary--no excuses.
Today, Indivisible’s Political Director Dani Negrete, released the following statement in response to the Senate Republicans blockage of the Right to Contraception Act introduced by Senators Markey, Hirono, and Duckworth.
Our coalition applauds Senator Ed Markey and Representatives Jerry Nadler, Hank Johnson, and Adam Schiff for reintroducing the Judiciary Act of 2023, a crucial piece of legislation that would restore balance to our current out-of-control Supreme Court by increasing the number of justices from 9 to 13.
The Electoral Count Reform Act would take steps toward stopping rogue governors, state legislatures and members of Congress from ignoring valid election results. Though it’s no substitute for actual voting rights legislation, this bill is an important step toward stopping election subversion.