Watch: Senate GOP’s Reasons For Cloture Rules Change

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Watch: Senate GOP’s Reasons For Cloture Rules Change

By Bian Elkhatib

Posted April 25, 2018 at 9:49pm

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Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee talked about how he thinks current cloture time is unproductive and cautioned the Senate about another drastic rules change.

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