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Democrat Senator Kyrsten Sinema Says Her Party Is Hypocritical For Trying To End Filibuster That They Just Used Last Year

Sinema also says filibuster prevents ‘repeated radical reversals’ of law when Senate majority changes

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From FoxNews.com….

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Monday doubled down on her defense of the Senate’s legislative filibuster, declaring in a Washington Post op-ed that it is important to stop “repeated radical reversals” of federal law.

Sinema, D-Ariz., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., have been the two most vocal Democrats in the chamber defending the 60-vote threshold for legislation, often attracting the ire of their more liberal colleagues. And Sinema took a page from Manchin’s playbook Monday by laying out her case for the Senate’s controversial minority protection in an opinion piece.

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