Sign the petition: The filibuster now threatens the global economy -- eliminate it immediately
Congress was given a deadline to prevent the U.S.from avoiding breaching the debt limit on October 18 -- a deadline for lawmakers to avoid a catastrophic default on its payment obligations. After GOP obstruction and a looming disaster to our economy, the Senate has delayed passing a debt ceiling solution to December 2021 -- meaning we have s short period of time to overcome Republican obstruction and protect the American people.
If America defaults on its obligations, essential payments like Social Security, monthly child tax credit, Medicaid, and free school lunches would all be in serious jeopardy. The U.S.--and indeed the entire world--would risk plunging into a depression. It would cost the U.S. up to 6 million jobs, wipe out as much as $15 trillion in household wealth, and send the unemployment rate surging. This is a big deal!
Congressional Democrats continue to try and pass legislation to raise or abolish the debt ceiling. However, Republicans continue to OBSTRUCT, and threaten global catastrophe, by using the filibuster to block debt ceiling increases at every turn.
This is ridiculous. Whatever purpose the filibuster once served, Republicans are now using it to threaten ruin for billions of people. Democrats in the United States Senate can put a stop to this by banding together to eliminate the filibuster once and for all--and with it, put an end to Mitch McConnell's cartoonish, super-villan-esque ability to threaten global DOOM.
The filibuster now not only jeopardizes our livelihood, but could set us up for local and global economic disaster. Sign the petition: Stop protecting the filibuster and, in so doing, allowing Republicans to threaten our country’s entire economy.Participating Organizations: