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Ruben Gallego: “A lot of them we did want to do, but for one or two…”

Featuring: Ruben Gallego, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Arizona

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Trump's Bailout for the Economic DISASTER He Caused (ft. Sen. Ruben Gallego)

Published | Video Starts at 26:28

But the first thing we have to do is, number one, should we take power, we have to get rid of the filibuster. It's just very simple. All the economic gains you're talking about, A lot of them we did want to do, but for one or two senators, enough senators it was enough to filibuster some of these efforts. which it just has to go. We're never going to be able to do some of these economic surges that we need for working class people if we're going to … (26:28–26:36)

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Asserts that filibusters by a few senators have blocked desired economic efforts.

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