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Summer Lee: “The filibuster is a rule. It has no place in the Constitution. It is not a constitutional amendment or provision.”

On the recordJuly 22, 2021
The filibuster is a rule. It has no place in the Constitution. It is not a constitutional amendment or provision.
Said by
Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania
Source
msnbc.com

Editor's note · Context

Sheila Jackson Lee argues against the filibuster, stating it is not constitutionally mandated.

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