And so if you want to take the SAVE act, for example, example, I think that there are in many ways in which The filibuster presently takes responsibility away from senators. because when you have to meet a 60 vote threshold, nothing is real anymore. You're not really responsible for any consequential decisions outside of reconciliation. (46:41–46:52)
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Asserts that the filibuster allows senators to avoid accountability.
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