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Mark Kelly Backs Changes to the Filibuster

January 19, 2022 at 10:15 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), who is up for re-election this year and was previously undecided on the filibuster, issued this statement: “If campaign finance and voting rights reforms are blocked again this week, I will support the proposed changes to pass them with a majority vote.”

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