On Thursday, the coalition launched a nationwide, six-figure ad buy that 'makes the case that the filibuster, a long favored procedural tool of segregationists, has prevented voting rights and civil rights from passing the U.S. The coalition led by Fix Our Senate is trying to drum up support by painting the filibuster as a racist tool.

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has threatened to use procedural moves to grind Senate business to a halt, should Democrats succeed. Removing the filibuster would help Democrats looking to push through a progressive agenda. The coalition has added dozens of groups in recent days as Democrats increase their calls to eliminate the filibuster. President Joe Biden has said he supports filibuster reform and would prefer a return to a 'talking filibuster,' but White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the president remains 'open to hearing' other ideas. Arabella's network of funds is used by the nation's wealthiest liberal donors to secretly bankroll a host of progressive initiatives. The group is a project of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a nonprofit incubator managed by the D.C.-based consulting firm Arabella Advisors. Fix Our Senate is steering a coalition of 60 progressive groups to pressure moderate Democrats to eliminate the filibuster, which requires a 60-vote supermajority to advance legislation.

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