This is yet another reason that we should get rid of the filibuster, so that we don’t have to have a supermajority to get anything important done in the Senate.
Mazie Hirono: “This is yet another reason that we should get rid of the filibuster, so that we don’t have to have a supermajority to…”
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Hirono argues for filibuster reform to facilitate the passage of important legislation.
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