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Peter Welch: “It's time for this Senate to stand up and ban partisan…”

Featuring: Peter Welch, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Vermont

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Welch joins Senate Dems in condemning SCOTUS' highly partisan Louisiana v. Callais ruling

Published | Video Starts at 05:57

We should be competing on the basis of our ideas. We should not be competing on how clever we can draw the map to suit our own political bias. Mr. President, I believe It's time for this Senate to stand up and ban partisan gerrymandering. number one. And number two, I believe it is time for this Senate to ban mid decennial redistricting. (05:57–06:07)

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