The good news
Sometime today, Thursday, January 27th, the Senate will finally hold a vote on the package of filibuster reforms we have been pushing. This package includes a real filibuster and a greatly accelerated confirmation process for judicial and executive branch nominations.
The bad news
The reform package will require 67 Senators in order to pass. We were unable to round up the necessary 50 votes, plus Vice President Biden, to change Senate rules with the Constitutional Option.
This makes passage of the reform package an extreme longshot. There might be votes on one or more individual components of the reform package, and those might only need 60 Senators in order to succeed. However, even then, the odds are heavily stacked against us.
What we are going to do
We need every Kossack in all 50 states to send emails to their Senators asking them to support filibuster reform. You can do so by clicking here.
The vote today will at least get Senators on record on filibuster reform. To have a better chance in future fights, we need to get as many Senators on record in favor of filibuster reform as possible. Further, we need to register our disappointment in those Senators unwilling to accept these sensible reforms.
Please, take thirty seconds, and email your Senators now. We’ve come too far in this fight to go down without one last swing.