Needed: 1 Senator to Save Democracy

By Shutting Down the Senate

There is only one way to fix the Senate and democracy: stop consenting to dysfunctional rules and obstruct in the name of stopping obstruction.

American democracy is at a crossroads, and the rules of the Senate are the decision point. The majority of the public voted against Trump and the Republicans. Despite structural obstacles, the Democrats eked out a trifecta: majorities in the electoral college, the House, and the Senate. But the majority is thwarted by Senate rules that enable obstruction.