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Angus King: “The speaker of the House has total control over what comes…”

Featuring: Angus King, Independent | U.S. Senate Maine

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Voting With Republicans: One of The Senators Defends His Decision

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I've never seen anything like that in my 13 years here. The same goes in the House. The speaker of the House has total control over what comes to the floor. And of course, he doesn't want to bring the Epstein file matter up the escape hatch for the, for the House is something called a discharge petition, which is something … (26:59–27:03)

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Asserts that the Speaker of the House controls the legislative agenda.

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