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Tom Udall: The filibuster has been twisted in a way that it does exactly what the Senator is talking about--slowing everything…

On the recordJanuary 5, 2011
The filibuster has been twisted in a way that it does exactly what the Senator is talking about--slowing everything down. It is an attempt, in a way, to defeat the majority from governing. One of the biggest dangers in a democracy is if you give the power to the minority to shut down the ability of the majority to govern. If you do that, you have rendered your democracy useless because then you get yourself into a situation, as the Senator from Iowa knows, where they can prevent the majority from doing anything and then run in a campaign and say: Well, they didn't do anything, which is kind of a hypocritical way to approach legislating.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico
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Jan 5, 2011

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Udall discusses the distortion of the filibuster and its impact on majority governance in democracy.

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