Progressives Wanted the Filibuster

The Arizona Democrat was censured by her state party for voting with Republicans too much. By 2021, she'd become the epicenter of typical Washington chaos and drama. There was her dramatic thumbs down in a vote for $15 federal minimum wage. And then the filibuster. In a modern era of evenly split sentence, many have thirsted to either abolish or amend it.

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