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Elissa Slotkin: “The US Senate, frankly, mostly because of the filibuster…”

Featuring: Elissa Slotkin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Michigan

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A Book Never Shot Anyone (with Rep. Elissa Slotkin and Cara Erskine)

Published | Video Starts at 38:09

Everything from codifying roe protections, gun violence or gun safety legislation, protecting LGBTQ folks, reversing right to work so that our unions are more competitive in Michigan. I mean, we did a blitz in the first 100 days, whereas The US Senate, frankly, mostly because of the filibuster, really isn't legislating very often. So the stuff that we really need to focus on now is thinking about how we fund education and how we make sure we're handling the funding of our schools … (38:09–38:17)

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Asserts that the US Senate is not legislating frequently, primarily due to the filibuster.

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