I visited Congressman Payne on Saturday at the hospital and talked to his brother, who said leaders throughout the world had been calling to inquire as to how he was.
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Reid shares that global leaders were concerned about Payne's health.
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If we have the will, we have the opportunity to improve the lives of millions of families and build something more prosperous for generations to come.
The filibuster is nondemocratic. It has been used to the disarray of the Congress. And, certainly, it hasn’t been anything that has helped -- been helpful to the American people. It’s got to go.
The Republican Party that we now have is not the Republican Party of John Chafee, Mark Hatfield, those people who were really stalwarts in moving the country forward.
Get rid of the filibuster. It’s nothing. As Barack Obama said at John Lewis’ funeral, it’s part of the leftovers from the days of slave owners. You have got to get rid of it. It’s very bad.





