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Eric Holder: “At the end of the day, it’s going to come down to I think a binary choice between passing this pro-democracy bill and…”

On the recordAugust 12, 2021
At the end of the day, it’s going to come down to I think a binary choice between passing this pro-democracy bill and defending an arcane Senate procedure that in the past has been used to frustrate civil rights legislation.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
msnbc.com

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Eric Holder discusses the critical choice facing Democratic senators regarding the passage of the pro-democracy bill versus maintaining the filibuster.

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