Hi folks,
If you don't already have H.R.1 on your radar, I'd like to put it there. H.R. 1 is a house bill to make much-needed democracy reforms. Among provisions in the bill:
* Automatic & same-day voter registration * Voting rights restored for felons who have served their sentences * Prohibit voter roll purges * Mandates independent (non-partisan) re-districting commissions * Creates a donation match for small-donor donations
More info about the bill, in simplified form: https://democracyreform-sarbanes.house.gov/sites/democracyreform.house.gov/f...
This is not a finance bill, and cannot pass through reconciliation. The likeliest path for this bill is to die in the Senate via filibuster. Ending the filibuster is a pre-requisite to passing any of the important bills on the Democratic agenda, including H.R.1, infrastructure bills, climate protection, DC and Puerto Rico statehood, etc...
More info on the filibuster: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/04/opinion/democrats-senate-reconciliation.h...
This *could* be the bill that sparks the filibuster fight in the senate -- convincing senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema that they must help to end the filibuster. But, this bill needs to be popular enough to force the fight.
What can you do? It's important to make sure that legislators know that this bill is popular and that voters want it passed. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. Every house rep has already co-sponsored this bill. Thank your rep for their support and encourage them to keep up the fight.
Your senator needs to hear from you that this bill cannot be allowed to die. Explain why you support it, and ask that they continue fighting for it to pass, including ending the filibuster if necessary. Find your reps here: https://myreps.datamade.us/
Call TODAY, RIGHT NOW. It will only take a minute.
<3, --igor