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Politics Unfiltered • 6 hours ago

Manchin not endorsing Harris after she backed ending filibuster to codify abortion rights

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Manchin not endorsing Harris after she backed ending filibuster to codify abortion rights

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Politics Unfiltered • 6 hours ago

"She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy. It’s the only thing that keeps us talking and working together. If she gets rid of that, then this would be the House on steroids," he says

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The filibuster means that senators from 20 states elected by 9% of the US population can keep a lid on things the other 91% of the population wants.

It’s not something most functional democracies emulate.

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