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If the filibuster is sustained the minority will block even the common-sense reforms contained in the John L. Lewis Democracy Act.

Both Sanders and Warren said the timely passage of another massive stimulus bill is more important than waiting on GOP lawmakers mired in gridlock.

"Do Senate Democrats want to keep the filibuster or do they want to pass comprehensive democracy, anti-corruption, and voting rights legislation to realize the promise of a multi-racial democracy?"

Most Democrats, now looking forward to a Biden presidency and a narrow majority in the next Senate, realize that Republicans can block virtually all Democratic legislation by using the filibuster, and they therefore favor its abolition.

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Many activists will not tolerate a Democratic-controlled Senate that allows Republicans to block civil-rights legislation next year.

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"We can't sit around for 100 years while the rich and powerful get richer and more powerful and everyone else falls further and further behind."

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