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Josh Brecheen: “The original intent, if you read the Constitution, was seven…”

Featuring: Josh Brecheen, Republican | U.S. House Oklahoma, 2nd Congressional District

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In Depth: Rep. Josh Brecheen on why he wants to end the Senate filibuster

Published | Video Starts at 02:05

So I want to take people back to and we're going to be putting out an article where we go to what was the original intent when they put the Constitution together? The original intent, if you read the Constitution, was seven explicit locations in the Constitution where it allowed a super majority vote to take place. And that was constitutional amendments, overriding vetoes, treaty ratification, the 14th, 25th amendment, impeachment. There were seven instances. (02:05–02:15)

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Asserts that the Constitution originally allowed super majority votes in only seven specific instances.

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