In July, we set a deadline for democracy for the senate to pass the For the People Act before August recess. They just blew past it. Here's my read on what that means and what our options are. Three points to pull out: [short thread]
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1) Missing this deadline means that the anti-gerrymandering provision in the bill is more likely to fail an inevitable court challenge. So the GOP is more likely to succeed in rigging maps next year. That is an unavoidable consequence of missing the deadline. This simply sucks.
2) The bill at large and even the gerrymandering provision isn't dead. All Dems voted for it early this morning, and Schumer committed to taking it up as soon as recess is over. If the Senate Dems eliminate the filibuster and pass the bill, there is a ton of good it can still do.
3) Our problem is bigger than Manchin/Sinema. We've heard other Dems like Coons and Carper are delaying filibuster reform behind closed doors. And our star player, President Biden, is sitting on the sidelines. To win, we need to bring them all over to our side, and soon.
Ok I'll add one more: politicians move when push, and it's our job to push them. We have unified Dem support for S.1. They are are here because we pushed them. We haven't won yet, and we missed a key deadline, but this ain't over and we need to stay in the fight. /end
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