1. United States
2. Wash.
3. Letter

We are facing a crisis and the Senate must act. You need to respond to the Trump administration’s attacks on our communities. Although the attacks are constant and far-reaching, the focus needs to be currently on the Trump-Musk funding freeze and the nomination vote of Russell Vought. Since taking office, Trump-Musk have worked together to defund the federal government from the inside while consolidating power into the hands of a right-wing elite. Their goal is clear: gut federal agencies, strip public resources, and redirect power and money into their own hands. At the same time, Trump and Senate Republicans are fast-tracking Russell Vought as OMB Director to oversee this attack on federal funding. Vought is the architect of Project 2025, and if approved, he will supercharge the ongoing effort to unravel our government and steal our money. I am writing to you to demand that you shut down the proceedings by leveraging every available second of debate time and refusing unanimous consent on every possible vote: 1. Deny a Quorum: If Republicans don’t have 51 votes in the chamber, Democrats can walk out and shut down Senate business entirely. 2. Block Unanimous Consent: Object to every procedural shortcut, forcing Republicans to take the longest possible route for every step of the confirmation process. 3. Max Out Debate Time: Use all 30 hours of debate on Vought to expose Project 2025, Musk’s Treasury takeover, and the funding freeze. 4. Delay and Disrupt: Force roll-call votes, quorum calls, and procedural delays to slow everything down. 5. Blanket Opposition: Democrats cannot continue to vote for Trump’s other nominees, helping to install more MAGA loyalists into powerful positions in the federal government while this power grab continues. 6. No Business as Usual: This is a constitutional crisis. Democrats must abandon the old rules and fight with everything they have. It’s time to turn up the heat and do everything in your power to stop this.