Opinion | HayesBrown: As Democratic senators head back home over the Fourth of July break, they need to be speaking with every local media outlet they can about all the popular proposals that Republicans are blocking. - MSNBCDaily
"Shining a spotlight on Senate Republicans' commitment to gridlock and obstruction by forcing them to filibuster popular bills is an important step and it's encouraging to see Leader Schumer take it," Eli Zupnick, a spokesperson for Fix Our Senate, a coalition of organizations pushing filibuster reform, told me in an email.
And therein lies the biggest risk to Schumer's strategy. Highlighting GOP obstruction on the Senate floor is great — as long as voters realize that's what's happening. People are watching to see whether their votes last year deliver the change that was promised from a Democratic majority. I'm worried that most Americans, who aren't experts on Senate rules, will only see headlines about Democrats losing out on their big priorities.
Don't expect a lot of big wins for Democrats to come out of the Senate and land on President Joe Biden's desk this summer. The action on the Senate floor has to be accompanied by a nationwide messaging campaign from Schumer, his leadership team and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to make it clear that these predestined flops don't reflect a lack of will from his members. Likewise, as Democratic senators head back home over the Fourth of July break, they need to be speaking with every local media outlet they can about all the popular proposals that Republicans are blocking.
Because when this long, sad summer ends, it's going to be on to the next looming crises for Democrats, as Congress has to dodge a government shutdown and raise the national debt limit. Schumer and his team need to make sure this heartache was all worth it.
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