One Senator shouldn't be able to place holds on people forever.
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Reid discusses the limitations of holds on nominations in the Senate.
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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.
if some rule of the Senate stands in the way of getting that, making sure that every American has the right to vote and the vote counted, then we got to change that rule.
we have now three hours until 10 o'clock. I hope that during that period of time, people will do whatever they need to do to make sure they get anything they want in, whatever they are trying to get. The reason I say that is that we are…
McConnell is facing reality, and it bothers him a lot. The filibuster is on its way out. It’s not a question if. It’s a question of when it goes away.





