… grim reaper, but sometimes the bearer of bad news because I have to tell people what the vote count is. And you know, as we test these issues and obviously To pass something in the Senate, it takes 60 votes, not 51 on an issue like this. And that means you've got to have some Democrats. Now the president would just say, well, Just nuke the legislative filibuster and then you can pass everything at 51. (06:37–06:43)
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Asserts that passing legislation in the Senate requires 60 votes, not 51, for issues like this.
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