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Elizabeth Warren: “It will take only 51 votes in the Senate to make those changes the law.”

On the recordApril 29, 2015
It will take only 51 votes in the Senate to make those changes the law.
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Elizabeth Warren
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Warren warns about the ease of changing financial regulations with a simple Senate majority.

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