It's only really a recent invention, and it's one that has made it almost impossible for us to do things like addressing voting rights or like restoring women's right to choose and codifying Roe v. Wade, both of which We passed [voting rights and codifying Roe v. Wade] out of the House and had a majority in the Senate, but not enough to get past the supermajority requirement. And so, you know, what we have to do is have a reform to the filibuster, and I think there will be a discussion around how that will work. (08:18–08:26)
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