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Harry Reid Says Time ‘Going To Come’ For Biden To Scrap Filibuster, Suggests Deadline

Eric Quintanar
Harry Reid Says Time ‘Going To Come’ For Biden To Scrap Filibuster, Suggests Deadline
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Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), who retired in 2017 after three decades in the U.S. Senate, told the Associated Press in an interview that if Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is elected in November, and inherits a Democratic Senate, the president should set his sights on ending the filibuster.

“We should give the Republicans a little bit of time, to see if they’re going to work with him,” Reid told AP during a phone interview.

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