My hope is the American people will force the Senate to get there and to employ the talking filibuster so we can stop this. Not in the Constitution. This 60 vote threshold is not in the Constitution. It's something that the Senate has done by tradition for a number of decades now. If you want to look for true constitutional intent, look at where the Constitution says it requires almost 60 votes. (04:11–04:14)
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