civilrights.org -- More Than One Million Americans Urge Senators to Protect Our Rights and Our Courts

Reject the Nuclear Option. Who Would Not?civilrights.org -- More Than One Million Americans Urge Senators to Protect Our Rights and Our Courts: "'We are here today united in a truly common purpose,' Pingree told the lunchtime crowd. 'We are here to protect our rights, the rights of all Americans, from a power grab. We are here today to make sure that the current Senate leadership doesn't think that they can get away with breaking the Senate rules to silence the minority. We are here today to represent the more than 1 million Americans who have signed these petitions to let their senators know they oppose the nuclear option and the abuse of power it represents.' "