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Hakeem Jeffries: “Many of us do believe that the Senate has become a broken, undemocratic institution, largely driven by the filibuster…”

On the recordMay 31, 2022
Many of us do believe that the Senate has become a broken, undemocratic institution, largely driven by the filibuster, hopefully in the court of public opinion, will be able to put enough pressure on a handful of Republican senators to finally come to some common ground.
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Hakeem Jeffries
Democratic · New York

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Hakeem Jeffries comments on the Senate's dysfunction and the hope for bipartisan agreement on gun legislation.

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