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'Guaranteed death': Another GOP senator comes out swinging against Trump's demands

The Filibuster Is a Veto Machine, Not a VirtueSen. John Curtis says he will not alter the filibuster, and he is not alone. Sen. Lisa Murkowski and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are also resisting Donald Trump’s demand that Republicans gut the rule to force through his stalled SAVE America Act, a controversial voting bill. That is the surface story. The deeper story is a fight over who gets to control Senate choke points, and over how far Republicans will go to bend procedure around a president who still wants the machinery of government to obey him.Power Sits With the People Holding the…

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