Nearly 150 Advocacy Groups Call on Majority Leader Schumer to Not Allow the Filibuster to Block the For the People Act
April 10, 2021
April 10, 2021
WASHINGTON, April 10 (TNSPol) -- Public Citizen issued the following news release on April 9, 2021:
Nearly 150 groups representing millions of advocates across the country sent Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer a letter calling on him to eliminate the filibuster and pass the For the People Act. In the letter, the groups highlight the history of the filibuster as a tool that has blocked progress on civil and voting rights bills, and cite President Obama's call to eliminate th . . .
Nearly 150 groups representing millions of advocates across the country sent Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer a letter calling on him to eliminate the filibuster and pass the For the People Act. In the letter, the groups highlight the history of the filibuster as a tool that has blocked progress on civil and voting rights bills, and cite President Obama's call to eliminate th . . .