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Tue Nov 12, 2024, 10:35 AM Nov 2024

first to remove the 60 vote filibuster completely

...which is what is in dispute here.

Supposing that ending the filibuster on things like approving SC justice nominees has had the same impact as reducing it by 4 votes is really disingenuous.

A Republican Senate majority killed the chamber’s filibuster rule for Supreme Court nominations.

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