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Kirsten Gillibrand: “The Senate was never intended to be a 51 vote threshold…”

Featuring: Kirsten Gillibrand, Democratic | U.S. Senate New York

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N.Y. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Trump, 2026 elections and more | Full Interview 3.15.26

Published | Video Starts at 07:16

No, not unless they change the rules of the Senate, which Trump wants them to do. But I don't think the. I don't think a lot of the Republicans want to change the rules of the Senate. The Senate was never intended to be a 51 vote threshold body. It was intended to be 60 votes. So you have bipartisanship, so you have consensus. You know, they compare it to the sorcere around the coffee cup. The coffee cup is hot. The saucer lets it cool. (07:16–07:23)

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Asserts that the Senate was designed to require a 60-vote threshold for decisions.

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