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On the recordOctober 5, 2021
I’ve been very reluctant for nine years about modifying the filibuster rule with policy but this has nothing to do with policy. This is about keeping the United States on the world that could be a severe recession.
Said by
Angus King
Independent · Maine
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Senator King discusses the necessity of potentially changing the filibuster rule in light of the debt ceiling crisis.

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