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Pramila Jayapal: “I think we should really appeal to them to be on the right side of history and to join us in a carve-out to the…”

On the recordMay 3, 2022
I think we should really appeal to them to be on the right side of history and to join us in a carve-out to the filibuster, and then we would have 51 votes.
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Pramila Jayapal
Democratic · Washington

Editor's note · Context

Jayapal discusses the strategy to potentially codify Roe v. Wade by appealing to certain Republicans.

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