Fulfilling America’s Promise is a nonpartisan civic initiative dedicated to restoring bipartisan problem-solving in Congress through its Make Congress Work Again campaign. Our goal is to help create a Congress that works effectively for the American people.
This organization is unaffiliated with any political party or entity. It is a one-issue organization that was created for one purpose.
National Survey of Registered Independent Voters — Feb. 2026
Sample:1,133 Voters
Margin of Error ±3%
America’s biggest challenges remain unsolved because Congress is trapped in partisan gridlock.
Even when most Americans agree on the basics, major legislation still stalls year after year.
Congress was elected to address the major issues of our day—not dodge them.
There is a better way. We’re building a citizen movement to force action beginning with a focused set of national challenges.
Fulfilling America’s Promise is not simply another call for politicians to “work together.” It proposes a new legislative process that encourages bipartisan cooperation from the outset and provides a direct path to a congressional vote.
Bipartisan participation requirements are built into the process. Once legislation satisfies those requirements, it qualifies for expedited consideration, including limited debate, protection against indefinite committee delays, and an up-or-down vote in both chambers.
The Bipartisan Priority Reform Commission Act establishes a limited, two-Congress initiative to address major national problems through bipartisan cooperation.
The proposed legislation:
National Survey of Registered Independent Voters — Feb. 2026
Sample:1,133 Voters
Margin of Error ±3%
The 2026 elections have concluded. Now Congress has an opportunity to demonstrate that bipartisan cooperation can produce meaningful results.
We invite Americans of every political affiliation to support the Bipartisan Priority Reform Commission Act and encourage their elected representatives to consider this new approach.
Your endorsement helps demonstrate public interest in a Congress that debates, decides, and votes on the nation’s most pressing challenges.
The Senate’s filibuster rule ordinarily requires 60 votes to advance most contested legislation. The BPRCA preserves the rule for ordinary legislation but establishes a narrow exception for qualifying Commission-approved and fallback legislation. Once the Act’s bipartisan participation and sponsorship requirements are satisfied, qualifying bills may proceed to a final vote requiring only a simple majority, a quorum being present.
Each selected national priority is assigned to a 16-member Commission consisting of eight Members of Congress—equally divided between the House and Senate and between Republicans and Democrats—and eight independent subject-matter experts.
The Commission has ten months to report its findings and legislative recommendations.
Approval of legislation requires at least nine affirmative votes, including at least two votes from congressional Commissioners of each party. This ensures that neither party can independently approve Commission legislation.
At the beginning of each two-year Congress, the House and Senate may jointly select one or two major national issues for bipartisan Commission review.
If Congress fails to select an issue within 60 calendar days, the first previously undesignated issue on the statutory list is automatically selected.
The process is limited to eight identified national priorities. All other congressional business continues under ordinary legislative procedures.
Before voting on its final legislative proposal, the Commission must open a ten-day Amendment Window during which any Member of Congress may propose amendments consistent with the Commission’s findings.
All proposed amendments and their disposition must be publicly recorded.
An amendment may be incorporated into a Commission-approved Implementing Bill only if it receives the same bipartisan approval required for the legislation itself.
A Commission-approved Implementing Bill qualifies for expedited House consideration only if it obtains sponsorship or co-sponsorship from at least five Members of the majority party and two Members of the minority party.
Once the sponsorship requirements are certified, the bill is referred to the appropriate committees. Committees have 30 calendar days, subject to specified adjournment exclusions, to report the legislation before automatic discharge.
Floor consideration must then begin within two legislative days. Debate is limited to 20 hours, and only amendments previously approved by the Commission are permitted.
The House must then proceed to a recorded vote. Passage requires a simple majority of those voting, a quorum being present.
A Commission-approved Implementing Bill qualifies for expedited Senate consideration only if sponsored or cosponsored by at least five Senators from the majority party and two from the minority party.
Once these requirements are certified, the bill proceeds through committee consideration, subject to automatic discharge after 30 calendar days, excluding qualifying adjournment periods.
Floor consideration must begin within two legislative days after committee reporting or discharge. Debate is limited to 20 hours, and only Commission-approved amendments are permitted.
Senate Rule XXII does not apply to qualifying legislation. The Senate must proceed to a final recorded vote, with passage requiring a simple majority of those voting, a quorum being present.
If a Commission cannot approve an Implementing Bill within ten months, alternative proposals identified in its report may qualify for expedited congressional consideration through a fallback procedure.
A proposal may also become eligible earlier if it remains unapproved for 30 calendar days following an initial recorded Commission vote and is transmitted to the Oversight Board.
Fallback legislation must obtain broader bipartisan congressional sponsorship:
House: At least 25 Representatives, including at least two Members from each party.
Senate: At least ten Senators, including at least two Members from each party.
Once the applicable requirements are satisfied and certified, eligible fallback legislation receives the same expedited floor procedures, subject to the Act’s limitations on amendments.
This mechanism prevents Commission deadlock from automatically ending congressional consideration.
A five-member bipartisan Oversight Board supervises Commission operations, monitors deadlines, oversees transparency requirements, and performs administrative functions assigned by the Act.
The Board may arrange required hearings and publish compliance reports when necessary.
The Board cannot enact legislation, waive congressional sponsorship requirements, or compel either chamber to vote. Congress retains its constitutional authority over legislative proceedings.
The BPRCA establishes a limited trial period spanning two successive Congresses, ordinarily approximately four years.
Authority to establish new Commissions expires at the conclusion of the Congress immediately succeeding the Congress in which the Act is enacted, unless extended by Congress.
Commissions already established may complete their work, and qualifying legislation submitted before expiration may continue under the Act’s savings provisions, subject to each chamber’s constitutional rulemaking authority.
This allows Congress to evaluate the process before deciding whether to extend it.
Gridlock Isn’t Governance. It’s Time to Make Congress Work Again!
If you agree that this approach deserves your support, we ask you to promise that you will vote for candidates that have committed to fully support this approach.
