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On the recordMarch 14, 2021
It was born of racism and a way to try to keep the south happy, the southern senators, by giving them extraordinary power to be able to block any civil rights legislation.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts
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msnbc.com

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Warren discusses the historical roots of the filibuster and its current implications.

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