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On the recordOctober 4, 2021
He’s going to send it out. He’s, as he said, you know, before the commercial, he said he’s destroyed the Senate. He did that by -- he did more filibusters of executive nominees during Obama than been done in the previous history of the country.
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Al Franken
Democratic · Minnesota
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msnbc.com

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Al Franken criticizes Mitch McConnell for his use of filibusters and the impact on the Senate.

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