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Alex Padilla: “The majority is going to twist the rules to try to find a…”

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 04:35

Now, it doesn't take a Nobel Prize winning economist to know that a permanent trillion dollar tax cut would do exactly that. And so, once again, following the same playbook they did last month, The majority is going to twist the rules to try to find a way. They're again ignoring the guidance from the parliamentarian's office that doesn't fit their agenda. And they're setting another new precedent for this body. (04:35–04:41)

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Asserts that the majority is manipulating rules to achieve their goals.

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