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Alex Padilla: “Republicans are trying to avoid the 60 vote threshold of the…”

Featuring: Alex Padilla, Democratic | U.S. Senate from California

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Senator Alex Padilla's Opposition to Republican Reconciliation Bill

Published | Video Starts at 00:52

They're breaking the Senate rules to hide the true costs of the bill. For the second time in just six weeks, the Republican majority … Republicans are trying to avoid the 60 vote threshold of the filibuster in order to pass a very unpopular agenda. … against getting into process because most people may not care about process or understand process. (00:52–01:06)

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Asserts that Republicans are bypassing the filibuster to pass an unpopular agenda.

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