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Ed Markey: The filibuster has to go. It is a relic of a Jim Crow past and is now being used to block the agenda, which our country…

On the recordJune 8, 2021
The filibuster has to go. It is a relic of a Jim Crow past and is now being used to block the agenda, which our country voted for last November with a Democratic House, Senate and President.
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Ed Markey
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Markey emphasizes the need to eliminate the filibuster, linking it to historical racial discrimination and current legislative obstruction.

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