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OFFICIAL FIX THE SENATE LETTERS TO CONGRESS
Letter to Senate leadership (Fix the Senate), April 24, 2013
Letter to Sen. Chuck Schumer (Fix the Senate), January 17, 2013
Letter to California Sens. Boxer, Feinstein (Fix the Senate), December 27, 2012
Official coalition letter to Democratic Senate leadership (Fix the Senate), December 17, 2012
PRESS RELEASES
Press Release: Week of Action and Look Forward, (Fix the Senate Now), December 21, 2012
Press Release: Sen. Boxer Stands Up For Senate Rules Reform, (Fix the Senate Now), December 12, 2012
Press Release: What Real Senate Reform Looks Like, (Fix the Senate Now), December 10, 2012
Press Release: Support Builds for U.S. Senate Rules Reform, (Fix the Senate Now), November 29, 2012
Press Release: Why the U.S. Should Pursue Rules Reform, (Fix the Senate Now), November 29, 2012
Press Release: Coalition Launches to Support U.S. Senate Rules Reform (CWA), November 28, 2012
Press Release: Senate Rules Reform Back in News – For Good Reason (CWA), July 20, 2012
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Fix the Senate Coalition letter urging co-sponsorship of Senate Resolution 4, January 10, 2013
Senate Resolution 4 Factsheet, (Sens. Tom Udall, Merkley, Harkin), January 7, 2013
Senate Resolution 4, January 4, 2013
Senate Resolution 6, January 4, 2013
Letter to California Sens. Boxer, Feinstein (Fix the Senate), December 27, 2012
Official coalition letter to Democratic Senate leadership (Fix the Senate), December 17, 2012
Constitutional Scholars: It's possible to change the Senate rules, December 12, 2012
A short history of the "Constitutional Option" (The Brennan Center), December 6, 2012
RECENT EDITORIALS
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NEWS
Senate Republicans totally boycott judicial nominee process, Daily Kos, April 30, 2013
Merkley Wants Reid to Push Further on Filibuster Overhaul, Roll Call, January 15, 2013
Senate Filibuster Reform Threatened By Fiscal Cliff Gridlock, Huffington Post, December 18, 2012
Senate filibuster reform closing in on majority, Huffington Post, December 17, 2012
A New Chance for the Senate, The New York Times, (Opinions), November 12, 2012
Prospects brighten for filibuster reform, Washington Post (Opinions), October 31, 2012
Why filibuster reform is a bipartisan goal, The Hill, October 3, 2012
It's the filibuster, stupid, Washington Post, September 27, 2012
Inouye: Senate Needs to Change Behavior, or Rules, Civil Beat (Honolulu), August 21, 2012
Reforming the Senate without a vote? My (double) take, Washington Monthly, August 21, 2012
How to reform the filibuster without taking a vote, Washington Post (Wonkblog), August 20, 2012
A Congressional Insider On Why The U.S. Political System Is Broke, TIME, August 13, 2012
How the House's former referee would fix Congress, Washington Post (Wonkblog), August 9, 2012
Reform is not enough: The federal government needs a complete makeover, The Atlantic, August 3, 2012
Obradovich: Filibuster reform needs to be agenda #1, DesMoinesRegister.com (IA), July 26, 2012
Snowe pleads for end to Senate "dysfunction", Kennebec Journal (ME), July 25, 2012
McConnell's Own Words on Senate Gridlock, Roll Call, July 25, 2012
Editorial: Filibuster reform is overdue, The Gazette (IA), July 24, 2012
Would reforming the filibuster really end gridlock?, Washington Post, July 20, 2012
Harry Reid Ready to Alter Filibuster Rules, Roll Call, July 23, 2012
Filibuster reform: Reid wants to end Senate obstruction, Las Vegas Review-Journal, July 22, 2012
Mitch McConnell Blows Up at Harry Reid over Filibuster Rules, Politico, July 18, 2012
Harry Reid Holds His Ground on Nixing Senate Filibuster Rules, Huffington Post, July 18, 2012
Harry Reid Promises Filibuster Reform if Democrats Win the Election, Washington Post, July 17, 2012
VIDEOS
The Ed Show: Obstruction Busting (December 4, 2012)
Melissa Harris-Perry: Filibusted (December 2, 2012)
Up with Chris Hayes: Interview with Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., (December 1, 2012)
The Ed Show: Senate Obstructionism (August 10, 2012)
Morning Joe: Sen. Snowe on how Senate procedures are blocking progress (July 24, 2012)
