With abortion rights, the franchise, and the prospect of meaningful climate action under increasingly dire threat, protesters are planning sit-ins to pressure Manchin and Sinema to drop their support for the filibuster.
On Wednesday, Senate Democrats are expected to attempt another vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act, a bill that would codify the right to abortion care into federal law. But the effort is“To break the Manchin-Sinema blockade on progress, we believe that people across our country will need to take bold action.
A majority of American voters elected a Democratic President, House, and Senate to solve these crises. But the senior Senators of our states, Arizona and West Virginia — just two members of a 50-seat majority — are standing with the party of January 6th to block the change we so desperately need. Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are protecting an abused, outdated Senate rule — the filibuster — and the profits of their corporate donors over our people, our democracy, and our planet.
Majorities elect legislatures that pass laws by majority vote. That’s democracy. That’s how it works in our state legislatures in Arizona and West Virginia. That’s how it works in almost every state in the union and nearly every democratic republic on the planet. It’s time for the U.S. Senate to work the same so it can deliver for the people.
In West Virginia, we will take action in the capital city of Charleston where Manchin hides his office in the state lottery building. In Arizona we will take action in Tucson, where Sinema was born and has a Senate office that has never once been staffed or open to the public. These actions will include a family-friendly rally and march before the nonviolent direct action.
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