| Clip Of House Members on Government Shutdown
Description
Rep. Luke Messer (R-IN) spoke during the January, 2018 government shutdown about the reasons for ending the filibuster rule in the U.S. Senate.
1 minute
Keywords
- Cloture
- Filibuster
- Government Shutdown
- House Of Representatives
- Senate
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