There is a role for Congress to play in supporting an increase in funding for the type of programs that provide indigent defendants.
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Franken emphasizes Congress's responsibility to fund programs for indigent defense.
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This immediately brings to question the filibuster and I was encouraged that Joe Manchin in this audio that was released the other day by the intercept, has said that he is open to a modification of the filibuster.
I have been pushing something that Norm Ornstein and I have worked on together for a long time, which would be a reform of the filibuster.
What is great about this is that it gives us the time to get Sinema and to get Manchin and to get all 51 with the vice president on board on a package and if we tell the American people and keep telling the American people what’s in it.
Democrats aren’t trying to take your guns away. They’re trying to make people a little safer.





