On the recordMarch 15, 2021
This is what hitting legislative rock bottom looks like. Today’s filibuster has turned the world’s most deliberative body into one of the world’s most ineffectual bodies.
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Durbin critiques the current state of the Senate and the impact of the filibuster on legislative effectiveness.
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