John Yarmuth actually said...

In fact, it did receive a majority of votes in both the House and the Senate. It was only killed because of Republicans in the Senate who filibustered that bill.

Context

Yarmuth discusses the rejection of the Waxman-Markey cap and trade bill due to Senate filibuster.

02/24/2015

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