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Rep. Pramila Jayapal , an outspoken critic of the Senate filibuster, indicated Monday that she will not support axing the“Am I championing getting rid of the filibuster now when the Senate has the trifecta? No,” the chairwoman of the Congress ional Progressive Caucus said at aRep. Pramila Jayapal , an outspoken critic of the Senate filibuster, indicated Monday that she would not support axing the procedural hurdle as long as Republicans control the White House and both houses of Congress .
“The filibuster was originally created *by mistake* in 1806,” she wrote on X. “Every day we don’t abolish it is just as big a mistake.” The progressive rep argued Monday that passing a liberal agenda would’ve “built some trust with the American people.” “And so I think that I don’t think it’s in opposition at all,” Jayapal said, when asked how she squares her previous demands to end the filibuster were her new found support for it.
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