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Tom Udall: “There is nothing in the Constitution about a filibuster or the Rule 22 provision, things like that.”

On the recordApril 21, 2010
There is nothing in the Constitution about a filibuster or the Rule 22 provision, things like that.
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Tom Udall
Democratic · New Mexico

Editor's note · Context

Udall emphasizes the absence of constitutional basis for filibuster rules.

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