“So long as we have a filibuster, nothing gets through the Senate unless it has 60 votes. I was in the Senate back in 2013 when an immigration bill passed, but it only had 54 votes, I think it was, and even though that’s a majority, it wasn’t enough to beat the filibuster.”
Elizabeth Warren
U.S. Senator (D-Mass.). in an interview with a Spanish-language show. Claim dated 28 Dec 2019.
Washington Post rated thisFour Pinocchios
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Elizabeth Warren (U.S. Senator (D-Mass.)) made this claim around 28 December 2019. Washington Post (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 January 2020, 13 days later. Its rating was “Four Pinocchios”.
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