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Kyrsten Sinema: “The filibuster was not created as a tool to accomplish one thing or another. It was created as a tool to bring together…”

On the recordJune 3, 2021
The filibuster was not created as a tool to accomplish one thing or another. It was created as a tool to bring together members of different parties to find compromise and coalition.
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Kyrsten Sinema
Independent · Arizona
Source
msnbc.com

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Kyrsten Sinema discusses the intended purpose of the filibuster as a means to foster bipartisan cooperation.

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