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Just in case you’re a Cal­i­forn­ian and wanted to write her a letter, here’s the URL: http://feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactUs.EmailMe

Below the break is the letter I wrote. Feel free to borrow as much as you need:

Dear Sen­a­tor Feinstein,

In my morn­ing troll of the news, I was dis­turbed to notice report­ing which said that you had taken a posi­tion against reform of the fil­i­buster. As one of your con­stituents, I would urge you to recon­sider that stance. Already, the Senate is markedly unde­mo­c­ra­tic. The minor­ity obstruc­tion enabled by the fil­i­buster only makes the sit­u­a­tion worse.

Per­haps you’re think­ing strate­gi­cally, look­ing for­ward to the next time your party is in the minor­ity, but I believe this think­ing to be short-​​sighted. While it is true that an obstruct­ing minor­ity ben­e­fits from the fail­ures of the ruling party, in the longer term these fail­ures and com­pro­mises hurt the coun­try by obstruct­ing the true costs and ben­e­fits of the poli­cies favored by each party.

Apart from strate­gic con­cerns, there is the real harm that the fil­i­buster causes and con­tin­ues to cause, each and every day. In the side­bar of the page where I am writ­ing this letter, there is a link to your state­ment about stop­ping global warm­ing, pos­si­bly the most impor­tant issue of our time. Yet the fil­i­buster, and prac­ti­cally noth­ing else, has stopped the Senate from even con­sid­er­ing an effec­tive bill to com­ple­ment the bill passed by the house last year.

Once again, I urge you to recon­sider your stance and to raise your voice in sup­port of return­ing the Senate to its tra­di­tion of major­ity rule.

Sin­cerely,
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