To: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (CA-1) and Sen. Kamala Harris (CA-2)

Thanks for reforming the filibuster, Senators Feinstein and Boxer! @SenFeinstein @SenatorBoxer

Senators Feinstein and Boxer: Thanks for voting to reform the filibuster for presidential nominees, thereby standing with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and all Americans who want a functioning government.

Why is this important?

Great news! Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his colleagues just eliminated the filibuster for most presidential nominations! This reform is crucial for a functioning government because a minority in the Senate was using the filibuster to obstruct every recent qualified judicial nominee -- with no end in sight.

The New York Times called this reform "the most fundamental shift in the way the Senate functions in more than a generation."

With this rule change, nominees for federal judges and executive-office appointments can now be confirmed with simple majority votes. This will really help dissolve the logjam in the courts from vacancies caused by the unprecedented number of filibusters.

This change will also prevent outrages like the recent filibusters that prevented the Federal Elections Commission from enforcing basic election rules, and that threatened to block the Federal Communications Commission nominee unless he promised not to require disclosure on political ads.

Nearly 6,000 Californians like you signed petitions to Senators Feinstein and Boxer urging them to pass filibuster reform – and they ended up providing the two critical votes.

Please sign and share this petition to thank them!