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John Thune: “In order to get around the 60 vote threshold, you would have…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins Martha MacCallum on Fox News

Published | Video Starts at 02:40

But as a 60 vote threshold, Martha, that is the thing that people should understand about the way the Senate works. And In order to get around the 60 vote threshold, you would have to nuke the legislative filibuster. And there aren't the votes for that. I've said that over and over and over again. And so that's, it's a math issue. (02:40–02:45)

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Asserts that bypassing the 60-vote threshold requires eliminating the legislative filibuster.

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