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John Thune: “We are not getting rid of the legislative filibuster.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:16

How about we go out and turn our fire on Democrats and make it about them opposing the SAVE Act? So we're not, that's the point. So we're not getting any Democrats. The second thing is We are not getting rid of the legislative filibuster. The votes aren't there to do that. I've made it abundantly clear many, many times and it seems to me some days that I'm the only one here who can count to 50 in this town. (03:16–03:19)

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Asserts that the legislative filibuster will not be eliminated.

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