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Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

NPR also mentioned that there just hadn't been that much going on to filibuster. Nominations, sure, but Congress has been mostly taking a back seat to the presidency, for better or worse given executive actions aren't as permanent as Congressional law.