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WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 07: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, questions witnesses during a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Thursday, May 7, 2020. The hearing is being held to examine the nom... WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 07: Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-NH, questions witnesses during a Senate Armed Services hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Thursday, May 7, 2020. The hearing is being held to examine the nominations of Kenneth J. Braithwaite to be Secretary of the Navy, James H. Anderson to be a Deputy Under Secretary, and General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. to be Chief of Staff, United States Air Force. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Over the last couple weeks I’d shared reports from TPM Readers struggling to get a response from Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire on whether she supports making Roe law and changing the filibuster rules to allow that bill to get a straight up or down vote. This morning I chatted with Shaheen’s Communications Director Sarah Weinstein who confirmed to me that Shaheen not only supports making Roe federal law (which she and 48 other Democrats attempted to do a few weeks ago) but also “supports amending the filibuster rules so a bill to codify Roe could pass by simple majority.”

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