There`s only one reason why it hasn`t been done already and we`ll say it again. It`s the F word, the filibuster. So put me down in the column of abolishing the filibuster or at least carve-out, an exemption, whatever you want to call it, for the sake of saving our fundamental democracy.
Padilla highlights the filibuster as the main obstacle to passing voting rights legislation and calls for its abolition.
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