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MINORITY REPORT
Party leaders are openly talking about ending the legislative filibuster, and then using simple majority votes to lock in a permanent political advantage. That’s a dangerous game.
Matt K. Lewis is a Senior Columnist at The Daily Beast, a CNN political commentator, and the author of Too Dumb to Fail.
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