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TINA SMITH

The Senate vote, at 54-35, drew most Democrats’ votes as well as six Republicans’ support. But because the vote did not cross the 60-vote threshold necessary to break a filibuster, the Senate couldn’t take up consideration of the investigating commission, leaving the plan effectively defeated.
Minn., ND, SD senators don't break ranks.
MOORHEAD — A stop along Minnesota senators Amy Klobuchar’s and Tina Smith’s "Get Out the Vote 2020" tour Thursday, Oct. 29, moved slowly at first. Then former North Dakota Sen. Heidi Heitkamp showed up.
WASHINGTON — Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., and Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, D-Minn., are among the bipartisan cosponsors of a bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday.

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