Missouri Senate Republicans have decided to work against their electorate. The state’s conservative lawmakers shut down a Democrat-led filibuster Wednesday by leveraging a rarely utilized procedural maneuver. Senate Republicans used the rule—in which 10 members sign a motion to force an immediate vote, also known as “calling the previous question” or simply “ P.Q . ”—to overturn the state’s abortion rights amendment. Missourians voted directly to enshrine abortion access in their state

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