Nuclear option
I just signed MoveOn PAC's emergency petition to stop the "nuclear option" - the far right wing's plan to seize absolute power to stack our courts - and I hope you will sign too.
Starting Monday (today), the petition will be delivered straight to Congress every three hours until the final vote, and many of our comments will be read aloud on the Senate floor.
Please find out more and sign right now at: http://www.moveonpac.org/nuclear
Thanks!
From the Feminist Majority:
"Right now, it takes only 41 votes to continue debate and block a vote on a judicial nominee. It takes 60 votes to end debate and force a full Senate vote.
The so-called 'nuclear option' would eliminate the use of the filibuster for all judicial nominees, allowing the Senate to confirm them with only 51 votes (or 50 votes and the tie-breaking vote of the Vice President).
Democrats only have 44 votes in the Senate, plus Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT). Republican Senators Olympia Snowe (ME), Lincoln Chafee (RI), and John McCain (AZ) have also publicly stated that they would vote against the nuclear option." Therefore, it's going to be very close!
Starting Monday (today), the petition will be delivered straight to Congress every three hours until the final vote, and many of our comments will be read aloud on the Senate floor.
Please find out more and sign right now at: http://www.moveonpac.org/nuclear
Thanks!
From the Feminist Majority:
"Right now, it takes only 41 votes to continue debate and block a vote on a judicial nominee. It takes 60 votes to end debate and force a full Senate vote.
The so-called 'nuclear option' would eliminate the use of the filibuster for all judicial nominees, allowing the Senate to confirm them with only 51 votes (or 50 votes and the tie-breaking vote of the Vice President).
Democrats only have 44 votes in the Senate, plus Senator Jim Jeffords (I-VT). Republican Senators Olympia Snowe (ME), Lincoln Chafee (RI), and John McCain (AZ) have also publicly stated that they would vote against the nuclear option." Therefore, it's going to be very close!