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Kyrsten Sinema: Eliminating the 60-vote threshold will simply guarantee that we lose a critical tool, that we need to safeguard our…

On the recordJanuary 13, 2022
Eliminating the 60-vote threshold will simply guarantee that we lose a critical tool, that we need to safeguard our democracy from threats in the years to come.
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Kyrsten Sinema
Independent · Arizona
Source
msnbc.com

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Senator Sinema expressed her opposition to changing Senate rules regarding the 60-vote threshold for passing legislation.

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