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Colin Allred: “Reforming the filibuster to go back to a traditional role as…”

Featuring: Colin Allred, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. Senate Texas

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Colin Allred talks border, abortion, economy and how he plans to unseat Senator Cruz.

Published | Video Starts at 21:11

But it also meant that on the other legislation there was more bipartisanship because you had more interest if there wasn't going to be a filibuster to be involved with it. And so to me, Reforming the filibuster to go back to a traditional role as a speaking filibuster. one where if you want to hold the floor, you can hold it and nothing else moves. But there will have a cost to that. If you say you object, why do you object? (21:11–21:16)

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