[Peace] Fw: Fed up with the filibuster -- oops

Sun Feb 28 16:53:01 CST 2010

Apologies, meant for peace-discuss only. --Jenifer

--- On Sun, 2/28/10, Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Jenifer Cartwright <jencart13 at yahoo.com>
Subject: [Peace] Fw: Fed up with the filibuster
To: "Peace List" <peace at lists.chambana.net>
Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 4:50 PM

Please forward widely.  --Jenifer

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    Dear Jenifer,

The unprecedented
obstructionism in the Senate today forces a rethinking and
modernization of the filibuster rule.

If you're as fed
up with the filibuster as I am, please sign my petition to fix
it today.

It's time to end the filibuster as we know it.
The American people are sick of process blocking
progress. They're fed up with an arbitrary tradition
that allows a minority of Senators to prevent popular,
much-needed legislation from even coming to a vote. They're
exasperated with Republicans' veiled attempts to kill meaningful
reform -- pleas for "more time" and "starting from scratch" --
which were on full display at yesterday's White House health
care summit.
Frankly, so am I.
Sign my petition at FedUpWithTheFilibuster.com
today -- and show your support for filibuster reform, such as
the Harkin-Shaheen proposal, to eliminate the crippling 60-vote
requirement to overcome a filibuster.
From the public option to financial reform, a few dozen
Senate Republicans have used the threat of a filibuster dozens
and dozens of times, blocking much of the sweeping change voters
demanded when they elected President Obama and strong Democratic
majorities to Congress. The right-wing obstructionists
consistently misuse and abuse the filibuster simply to score
political points, at the expense of the American people.
The Harkin-Shaheen proposal would continue to provide ample
time for a minority of Senators to voice their concerns about
legislation and seek changes. But it would eliminate the
permanent 60-vote cloture requirement to overcome a filibuster,
gradually reducing the necessary vote threshold as debate
continues, preventing the minority from using the procedural
tactic to obstruct progress indefinitely.
Commonsense proposals like this would allow a simple
majority of Senators to end an obstructionist filibuster if it
has dragged on for several days or weeks. And they
would allow Congress to get back into the business of sending
popular, much-needed legislation -- like a strong health care
reform bill -- to the President's desk.
Sign my online petition today -- and show your
support for the Harkin-Shaheen proposal or similar proposals to
eliminate the crippling 60-vote requirement to overcome a
filibuster.
Changing the filibuster is no pipe dream. In
fact, back in the 1970s the Senate successfully amended what was
a 67-vote cloture requirement to the current 60-vote
requirement. 
But the unprecedented obstructionism we find in the Senate
today forces another rethinking and modernization of the
filibuster rule.
By letting your Senators know you're as fed up
with the filibuster as I am, we can change it, once
more.
When our Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution and drafted
the initial rules of the Senate, they never intended requiring a
supermajority to pass any and all legislation. They just wanted
to be sure that Senators took time to carefully debate and
consider bills before taking votes. That's exactly what
reforms like the Harkin-Shaheen proposal will do.
We cannot continue to allow a minority of Senators to
paralyze progress. Together we can restore majority rule and
make Congress work for the American people again.
Sincerely,

Dick Durbin
U.S. Senator
P.S. After you've signed the petition, please
forward this email to everyone you know. It's
time to step up, speak out, and fix the filibuster -- once and
for all.

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