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Amy Klobuchar is a U.S. Senator known for her pragmatic approach to governance and her focus on bipartisanship. This interview highlights her commitment to working across party lines and her belief in the power of collaboration to drive meaningful change.
“Into thinking that something is more possible than it is for the purposes of keeping them fired up, that's a mistake. I think if we don't get this done now, Becomes a huge issue for 2022. This is like what you have to win elections, particularly midterms, you have to raise the stakes. Fate of democracy is a high stakes thing.”
“Been wondering this for a long time and trying to figure out how the pieces come together. There was a report a few last week, yesterday, a month ago, who the fuck knows at this point that one of the reasons why McConnell wanted was open to this deal happening was he thought it made a big bipartisan reconciliation deal less likely that ge…”
“And I do think there's a lot of road to travel here, what's that reconciliation mode going to look like? Once again, it comes down to Joe Mansion and Kirsten Sinn and others. Is it really going to look like the $6 trillion bill that Bernie Sanders wants? That seems unlikely. What will be in there, what won't be in there?”
“Yeah, it is. And I think the order of operations is important here. And this is where I think the mistake happened in the beginning. You have to change the filibuster to do this. There is no 10 Republicans. There is no nine Republicans.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 39 - Sen. Amy Klobuchar
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