On the recordDecember 18, 2017
If we have gone from 60 to 51, and if we are shortening the time, and if we are drifting away from the blue slip requirement, it seems to me we are moving very rapidly toward a majority only.
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congress.govAngus King: “If we have gone from 60 to 51, and if we are shortening the time, and if we are drifting away from the blue slip…”
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King warns about the Senate's shift towards majority rule.
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