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On the recordMarch 3, 2021
I am still saying hell no, never, to getting rid of the Senate filibuster, whose only purpose upon its creation was to prevent black Americans from getting civil and voting rights.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia
Source
msnbc.com

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Manchin expresses his opposition to abolishing the Senate filibuster.

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