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Josh Brecheen: “Using the 60 vote threshold on everything is not…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 04:27

And we need to go back to a talking filibuster. The Jimmy Stewart. I'm Forgetting the movie Mr. Smith goes to Washington. Historic practice of the filibuster. That's one thing Using the 60 vote threshold on everything is not constitutional in our Constitution. You will find that they heightened the level of a 2/3 vote to constitutional amendments. And I read to the speaker yesterday a quote by Thomas Jefferson that talks about one of the State of the Union address, a simple majority. (04:27–04:34)

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Asserts that the 60 vote threshold is not constitutionally required.

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