On the recordOctober 20, 2021
24 percent of the American people have an effective veto, over anything that 76 percent of the American people think is important public policy. I don’t think that squares the democratic theory.
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msnbc.comAngus King: “24 percent of the American people have an effective veto, over anything that 76 percent of the American people think is…”
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Senator King highlights the disproportionate power held by a minority in the Senate under current rules.
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