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On the recordDecember 28, 2021
Get rid of the filibuster, is nothing that as Brock Obama said, at John Lewis` funeral, it’s part of the leftovers from the days of the slave owners. You got to get rid of it. It’s very, very bad.
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Harry Reid
Democratic · Nevada
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msnbc.com

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Harry Reid advocates for eliminating the filibuster, describing it as a remnant of a problematic past.

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