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Summer Lee: “The filibuster should have been gone for voting rights. The filibuster certainly should be gone for denying the Ninth…”

On the recordMay 11, 2022
The filibuster should have been gone for voting rights. The filibuster certainly should be gone for denying the Ninth Amendment and the right to privacy, and also the rights to fundamental constitutional rights.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania
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msnbc.com

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Sheila Jackson Lee argues for the elimination of the filibuster to protect voting rights and privacy rights.

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