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Rick Scott urges ending Senate filibuster
Filed: Aug 06, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET
Summary: Florida Sen. Rick Scott calls to end the filibuster in a Wall Street Journal letter, citing stifled debate.
WHO: U.S. Sen. Rick Scott
WHAT: Calls for an end to the Senate filibuster
WHEN: Aug 06, 2026 at 12:56 PM ET
WHERE: Florida
WHY: Scott wrote the letter after a prior op-ed by Sen. John Curtis argued the filibuster stifles debate rather than encouraging it.
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