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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msnbc.comDick Durbin: “This is what hitting legislative rock bottom looks like. Today`s filibuster has turned the world`s most deliberative…”
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Durbin criticizes the current state of the Senate and the filibuster's impact on legislative effectiveness.
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