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Big Big Deal on Majority Rule in the Senate

UNITED STATES - March 4: Senator Joe Manchin, D-W.(Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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March 7, 2021 10:48 a.m.
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As I mentioned Thursday, the sole thing that has given me any hope for passing legislation with 51 votes in the Senate is that the people really working this issue – the filibuster reform activists who’ve been at this for a long time – have been consistently more optimistic than I am. This morning on Meet the Press and Fox News Sunday, Joe Manchin (D-WV) opened the door as clearly as he has to date on game-changing ‘reforms’ to the Senate filibuster.

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