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To: The United States Senate
Reform the Filibuster!
We want to know how decisions are being made in the US Senate.
We want the Senate to return to public filibusters. Do the public's business in public!
We want the Senate to return to public filibusters. Do the public's business in public!
Why is this important?
Remember the days when we all knew who in the Senate was filibustering a bill to prevent or at least delay a vote? Senators had to stand in the well and speak until 60 other Senators had heard enough and voted to end the filibuster and vote. We citizens knew who was conducting the filibuster and could contact our own Senators to agree or disagree.
Those were the good old days! Last sessions, a Senator needed only to sign a statement of intent to filibuster - a statement kept secret from the public - to prevent a bill, or a proposal, or even a nomination, from coming before the Senate for discussion and vote. We citizens were kept completely in the dark. No wonder we have so many vacant judicial positions, and have almost no information about our Senate.
Let's return to the classic filibuster! We the people want and need to know what's going on in the Senate.
Those were the good old days! Last sessions, a Senator needed only to sign a statement of intent to filibuster - a statement kept secret from the public - to prevent a bill, or a proposal, or even a nomination, from coming before the Senate for discussion and vote. We citizens were kept completely in the dark. No wonder we have so many vacant judicial positions, and have almost no information about our Senate.
Let's return to the classic filibuster! We the people want and need to know what's going on in the Senate.