Dem Rep. Slotkin Calls for Abolishing Filibuster

Representative Elissa slotkin (D–MI), is running to replace retiring Senator Debbie Stabenow. “The Last Word” The Senate’s filibuster rules “needs to go.”

Anchor Lawrence O’Donnell stated, “Let’s go to that issue right there, the so-called filibuster rule. I know that members of the House will be looking over at the Senate, complaining about the Senate rules that always seem to get in the way of the legislation that the House could pass. Would you vote in the Senate to get rid of that current 60-vote filibuster rule?”

Slotkin stated, “Yes, I think the filibuster, as it is now being used, needs to go.”

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