This may sound extreme, but to save our democracy, the filibuster needs to go.

Here’s why:

If 41 senators agree to block a bill, they can—even if the other 59 senators support it. That means that majority rule no longer exists in the United States Senate.

If the Founding Fathers knew about this, we don’t think they would be happy. They *literally* enshrined majority rule in the Constitution.

The fact that the Senate needs a “supermajority” (60 votes) to even bring anything up for a vote means that Congress can’t get much done.

That gives the courts and the president more power.

Just look at what the filibuster has done to limit the number of bills passing Congress:

Some people say that the filibuster helps the Senate compromise and rise above partisanship.

As we have all seen, that’s the opposite of what is happening today.

Some people are worried about getting rid of the filibuster because it sounds old, like something that could never be changed.

That’s a myth.

The filibuster was invented during Reconstruction to serve the interests of white supremacists and has for decades been used to disenfranchise Black Americans.

Today, the filibuster could be used to block critical democracy reforms like the For the People Act and DC statehood.

The insurrection and Trump’s election lies made it very obvious that our democracy is in peril unless we pass these safeguards.

Read CREW’s full report on the filibuster here. Then call your senators and ask them to kill the filibuster, pass the For the People Act and grant DC statehood.

Our democracy needs you. https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-reports/the-filibuster-must-go-restore-majority-rule-to-save-our-democracy/