Support a Talking Filibuster

Bills with 55, 54, and 52 votes died because ending debate takes 60.

A letter to your members of Congress. Facts checked September 25, 2026.

The explainer behind this letter Filibuster How 41 senators can block a bill, and how the rule could change

The Letter

Subject Require a Talking Filibuster

The filibuster lets 41 senators block a vote the rest of the Senate wants. In 2010 the DREAM Act got 55 votes and died. In 2013 background checks got 54 and died. In 2026 a voter photo ID bill got 52 and died. Cloture motions, the step needed to end a filibuster, rose from 7 in 1969-70 to 336 in 2021-22.

A filibuster used to mean holding the floor and making your case in public. Since the early 1970s, a senator can block a bill without saying a word on the floor.

I am asking you to support one change: a talking filibuster. Senators who want to stop a bill should have to stay on the floor and speak for as long as the filibuster lasts. That keeps the right to extended debate and ends the silent veto.

Please tell me where you stand on requiring a talking filibuster.

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I'm calling to ask the Senator to support a talking filibuster.
The DREAM Act got 55 votes, background checks got 54, and a 2026 voter ID bill got 52. Each had a majority and died without 60.
Since the early 1970s, a senator can block a bill without speaking on the floor.
If senators want to stop a bill, they should have to stay on the floor and make their case in public.
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The Facts Behind the Ask

55 Senate votes to end debate on the DREAM Act in 2010. It needed 60. (source)
336 cloture motions filed in 2021-22, up from 7 in 1969-70 (source)
Half of the 30 measures filibusters killed from 1917 to 1994 involved civil rights (source)

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