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I’ve been very clear—I think we should eliminate the filibuster for Roe. Fifty-one votes would be what we need to actually put back in the law—the protections for reproductive freedom and for the ability of every person and every woman to make decisions about their own body and not have their government tell them what to do.
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— Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris, in comments given during an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio, on her hopes to eliminate the Senate filibuster to restore reproductive freedom in the United States. Without the filibuster, the Senate would be able to pass some legislation with a majority vote, rather than having to overcome a 60-vote threshold.
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