… that 60 vote rule for this purpose only and we're going to open up the government with a 51 vote procedure. Just Rick, if you do that, I mean the Democrats came within two votes of eliminating that 60 vote cloture rule. And if it hadn't been for Sinema and Manchin, two Democrats, they would have done this exact thing to us. And I'm just suggesting this is a real possibility. (04:25–04:32)
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Asserts that Democrats nearly eliminated the 60-vote cloture rule, missing by two votes.
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