I do not like the bill. OK, I do not like the bill, but we have a few Democrats who like it, so we decided not to stand in the way of this legislation. I have a letter from Jerry Jasinowski who is the president of the National Association of Manufacturers. Here is what he said yesterday... I urge you to vote in favor of cloture. There was never any intention of this being a fair deal out here; will the Senator agree with that?
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He has no regrets. He says he had to do it to save Obama’s presidency because of what the Republicans were doing to obstruct the president’s confirmation of judges and other legislative things.
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.
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.
The country is better off having a real democracy, not a fake democracy. Sixty percent is not a democracy.
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