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Next week brings not just a new year but also a new UnitedStates Congress.   Each new Congress hasthe right to establish its own rules. And that’s why next week is the best opportunity finally to end themassive Republican obstruction of the work of the United States Senate.

As Jonathan Bernstein explains on the WashingtonPost Plum Line blog, thewidely-quoted figures about cloture votes to end filibusters actuallyunderstate the extent of the problem. He writes:  

In the historic 111th Congress, Sen. Mitch McConnell and the Republicansdecided to create a 60-vote Senate, which meant that 60 votes were needed onabsolutely everything. Which means that they filibustered every single bill,every single nomination, every single amendment, even every single motion, orat least all those for which the Senate rules allowed them to force a 60-votesupermajority. It wasn’t 137 filibusters; it was far, far more.  

Bernstein offers a more detailed primer about howRepublicans turned rarely used delaying tactics into weapons of massobstruction onhis own blog.
But we can change all this next week.  Make a New Year’s resolution to ring out theold year and ring in the new by calling your Senators and telling them you wantreal Senate rules reform. 
CALL YOUR SENATORS: 1-888-717-0911
● We have an overview of the issue on ourwebsite● Hear the media briefing from AFJ President NanAron, Larry Cohen of the Communications Workers of America and Michael Brune ofthe Sierra Club on ourYouTube channel.● There’s much more at www.fixthesenatenow.org
We wish you, and the new United State Senate, ahappy and productive New Year.