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On the recordSeptember 12, 2022
I think it would be very hard for him, with the abortion -- anti-abortion forces in this country that are totally Republican, I think it would be very hard for him to not let there be a vote.
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Claire McCaskill
Democratic · Missouri
Source
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Claire McCaskill discusses the challenges Mitch McConnell would face regarding a vote on abortion legislation.

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