Mike Lee
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217 appearances
10 recordings
6 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 26 Apr
Mike Lee’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I'm going to vote against cloture.
Cloture is a vote that takes 60.
It brings debate to a close by 50%.
force of will of the Senate.
Um, so that's the zombie filibuster.
All you have to do is say, I'm not going to support cloture.
I will vote against cloture or you vote against cloture when the time comes.
No speaking required.
What I believe is that we ought to, for some legislation, including and especially this one, we ought to bring back the talking filibuster.
If they want a filibuster, make them speak.
We've made it way too easy for them for way too long.
It's time to take action, especially on a bill like the Save America Act that's supported by
As you point out, you know, about more than two out of three Democrats and more than four out of five Americans on average on the whole.
It's not that often you find a bill like this one that is that popular and is still opposed strongly by members of one party in the United States Senate.
This is a case not just of Democrats versus Republicans.
This is about Washington, D.C.
versus everybody else.
But the Republicans in Washington are with the people.
Democrats are against them.
This is what the filibuster is.
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