Not too many bloggers can lay the smackdown like David Roberts, so we’re excited about this new series on Grist in the wake of the recent climate bill death. Roberts:

What’s the biggest barrier to progress in American politics? Ask a dozen people at random and you’ll hear everything from “bad messaging” to “poor grassroots organization” to “corruption.” What you probably won’t hear much about is the procedural rules of the U.S. Senate. And yet it is Senate dysfunction, more than anything else, that has blocked or weakened the agenda Obama and the Democrats were elected to enact. The ignominious demise of the climate bill is just the latest example.

It’s time to start talking about Senate reform. The rules are being abused and American democracy is suffering.

Roberts will pull together information, essays, links, and videos on the subject. Check it out HERE.

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