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Sports Legends Endorse Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act

  “[W]e are united now in urging Congress to exercise its Constitutional responsibility to enact laws that set national standards for the conduct of Federal […]

D21 Urges Senate To Engage In Extended Debate On Voting Rights

  In a letter today, Democracy 21 urged the 50 Senators who support the Freedom to Vote: John R. Lewis Act to “do whatever it […]

Decision Time On Voting Rights Has Arrived

WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE  |  JANUARY 13, 2022 Last night, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced a strategy to use a little known procedure that […]

D21 Statement On Sen. Majority Leader Schumer Setting The Stage To Bring Voting Rights To Senate Floor

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Democracy 21 strongly applauds Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) for his masterful strategy to get the Freedom […]

LISTEN: Fred Wertheimer On Biden’s Speech, McConnell’s Threats, And “Decision Time” On Voting Rights

      Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Background Briefing With Ian Masters on January 11, 2022. (18 minutes)    

Sen. McConnell’s Latest Threats Against Modifying The Filibuster Rules Give New Meaning to “Chutzpah”

Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell’s latest threats against modifying the filibuster rules give new meaning to the word “chutzpah.” […]

UPDATE: D21 Report — The Senate Filibuster, 1806 – 2021

View & Download This Report As A PDF UPDATED: January 2022 The United States Senate is facing a decision of historic consequence with the fate […]

The Atlantic: It’s Time For Democrats To Break The Glass

“Democracy is at stake this month, and that is not hyperbole.” – D21 President Fred Wertheimer in The Atlantic “The next few weeks will likely answer […]

Will The Senate Protect Democracy Or Will The Big Lie Prevail?

  WERTHEIMER’S WEEKLY NOTE  |  JANUARY 6, 2022 Today, one year after the insurrectionist attack on the Capitol, our democracy faces its greatest internal threat […]

Wertheimer/Eisen Op-Ed In The Washington Post: Fixing The Electoral Count Act Is No Substitute For Real Election Reform

  No one should fall for the Electoral Count Act “bait & switch,” D21 President Fred Wertheimer and Norman Eisen, President Obama’s ethics czar, write. […]