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Alex Padilla: “These bills to gut California's Clean Air Act Authority were…”

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

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Senator Alex Padilla Criticizes Senate Republicans' Actions Against California's Clean Air Waivers

Published | Video Starts at 01:03

It's how they made this possible by fundamentally changing how the Senate operates through rules changes. Last night. Yeah, it was not a magic trick. Before dinner yesterday, These bills to gut California's Clean Air Act Authority were recognized as regular bills subject to the filibuster rule, requiring 60 votes to move forward. open to full debate and amendments. But somehow, after dinner time yesterday, once Senate Republicans were done with overruling the parliamentarian, these bills were now not subject to the filibuster. (01:03–01:19)

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Asserts that bills affecting California's Clean Air Act Authority initially required 60 votes due to the filibuster rule.

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