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On the recordJanuary 24, 2022
These two senators have agency. We can't just give an excuse that like, well, everyone else didn’t do their jobs. No, these are adults. These are people that have run these. They’ve had opinions, by the way, compared to the filibuster in the past. As a matter of fact, just a month ago, they voted to exempt the debt limit from the filibuster. So that’s what we need to focus on. We need to make sure that people understand that these senators, Senator Sinema and Senator Manchin, purposely torpedo this agenda and purposely torpedoed other democratic agendas, and we should hold them accountable by whatever means we can.
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Rubén Gallego
Democratic · Arizona
Source
msnbc.com

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Ruben Gallego discusses the responsibility of Senators Sinema and Manchin in obstructing Democratic agendas.

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