I take some umbrage about some of the things that were said after I got here.
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Franken expresses offense at comments regarding union influence in Illinois.
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Mitch McConnell filibustered more executive nominees when Barack Obama was president than had been filibustered in the entire previous history of the United States.
I think that`s kind of exactly the right idea. I think that we should put -- the elements of the bill are extremely popular. And what we should do is just put them out one by one, and have, you know, have Americans see for themselves what…
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.
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.





