I also am very cognizant of the fact that we have climate change... the vast majority of known fossil fuel reserves need to actually remain in the ground if we want to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.
Franken highlights the irony of drilling for fossil fuels while addressing climate change.
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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.
This is not a bill that we can pass through reconciliation like we did the Relief Act. So this immediately brings to question the filibuster.
Mitch McConnell is cynical. Mitch McConnell is in this, and the Republican Party right now doesn`t stand for anything, I think, other than maybe for low tax cuts for their donors.
Democrats aren’t trying to take your guns away. They’re trying to make people a little safer.
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