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Senator Alex Padilla's Defense of California's Clean Air Act Amid Senate Filibuster Debate

Published | Video Starts at 01:52

Senate Republicans are preparing to vote to overrule the parliamentarian. They'll argue that they're not, but that is indeed what's happening here. Now, They want to do that in order to bypass the filibuster in order to get the Clean Air Act. Now, as I stand here right now, those joint resolutions that are going to be before us are subject to Rule 22, the Senate, and therefore subject to the 60 vote filibuster threshold. (01:52–02:00)

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Asserts that the goal of overruling the parliamentarian is to bypass the filibuster for the Clean Air Act.

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