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Eric Holder: “I do feel a certain sense of cautious optimism that we can have a carve-out of the filibuster to allow the passage of…”

On the recordAugust 12, 2021
I do feel a certain sense of cautious optimism that we can have a carve-out of the filibuster to allow the passage of this very important bill.
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Eric Holder
Democratic · District of Columbia
Source
msnbc.com

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Eric Holder expresses cautious optimism about the possibility of reforming the filibuster to pass the voting rights bill.

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