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Pat Roberts: The filibuster is the essence of the Senate. It is not a tool of obstructionism or dysfunction.

On the recordApril 21, 2010
The filibuster is the essence of the Senate. It is not a tool of obstructionism or dysfunction.
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Pat Roberts
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Roberts defends the filibuster as a means for minority voices in the Senate.

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