Big Left-Wing ‘Dark Money' Groups Fund Schumer's Secretive Anti-Filibuster Ally

Fix Our Senate, the obscure outfit leading a coalition of 70 liberal advocacy groups backing Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's anti-filibuster drive, is a left-wing "Dark-money pop-up," according to a political nonprofit finance expert.

"Fix Our Senate may present itself as a standalone, grassroots activist group, but it's actually a front for the Sixteen Thirty Fund, itself part of a $1.7 billion left-wing 'dark- money pop-up' empire run by the shadowy consulting firm Arabella Advisors," said Capital Research Center senior investigative researcher Hayden Ludwig.

Schumer promised earlier this week to seek a vote by Jan. 17 on abolishing or reforming the filibuster-the Senate's "Cloture" rule that requires 60 votes to end debate and vote on a proposal-if Senate Republicans block consideration of two election reform packages that are top priorities of the Democrats' progressive, or far-left, faction.

Fix Our Senate describes itself as a "Coalition of more than 70 organizations representing millions of Americans fighting to eliminate the filibuster and fix the Senate so our elected officials can finally start delivering on their promises."

While no individuals are identified as officials on Fix Our Senate's website, Eli Zupnick is identified by The Hill as a "Spokesman." He's cited as praising Schumer for making "The choice clear: Senate Democrats must now choose between protecting our democracy or stubbornly preserving an outdated and abused Senate rule."

Prospects for the success of the Schumer/Fix Our Senate campaign to abolish or reform the Senate filibuster suffered a major blow on Jan. 4, when Sen. Joe Manchin told reporters that he worries that "Being open to a rules change that would create a nuclear option, it's very, very difficult. It's a heavy lift."

With the Senate split 50-50, the loss of even one Democratic vote on a filibuster reform proposal would be fatal unless 11 Republicans would then be willing to join the effort, which is highly unlikely.

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