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Sanders 2020

corbettkroehler

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1. I Could Not Have Defined Filibuster Reform Better If I Wrote That Statement Myself

Reply to Donkees (Original post)

Mon Sep 9, 2019, 05:28 PM

Sep 2019

Banning the filibuster is tempting and makes for powerful fodder on the campaign trail. However, when Sanders states, "I don't think the Senate should be the House", he's right. The filibuster is an essential in our legislative process. The real problem is that it has been abused for far, far too long.

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