Rachel Maddow
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Senate Uses 'Nuclear Option' All The Time Despite Manchin & Sinema Saying Otherwise
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January 20, 2022
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2:18Now PlayingRachel Maddow lists recent examples of the Senate using the "nuclear option" to allow legislation to pass with a simple majority instead of the filibuster's required 60-vote majority, showing that the resistance to a filibuster exception for voting rights legislation is less about procedure than it is about voting rights.
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