A Brief History of the Filibuster I Just Made Up

Jan 12, 2022

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Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia told reporters that the filibuster has been “the tradition of the Senate” for 232 years… But when the Senate was created 232 years ago, the filibuster did not exist.

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