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Udalls, Bennet lead charge against fillibuster abuse

Colorado's United States Senators, Michael Bennet and Mark Udall, are up in arms. They are mad, and they aren't going to take it any more. At least that is what they say about current rules that allow a small minority of senators to derail almost any legislation by fillibustering against it. Rules currently being debated by the Senate would require a senator to be on the floor while fillibustering.