Lead the effort to reform the Senate filibuster (restoring a 'talking filibuster') so that legislation such as voting-rights bills can receive a final vote.
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Derived from a tracked promise: “Lead the effort to reform the Senate filibuster (restoring a 'talking filibuster') so that legislation such as voting-rights bills can recei…”
Sources
- Oregon Capital Chronicle (republished on merkley.senate.gov)https://www.merkley.senate.gov/oregon-sen-jeff-merkley-sees-a-path-to-reform-the-filibuster-22/ ↗
“When people say 'Jeff, you're leading the effort to get rid of the filibuster,' I'm like, 'No, I'm leading the effort to reform the filibuster.'”