Because we look at the filibuster. The filibuster isn't even written in the Constitution. If you go back to the history of the Senate, of the Senate. It used to only be 51. We change it in 1807. We changed it in 1917. We changed it in 1975. And at some point we need to start having this conversation because we got to get rid of this political backlog. Let me ask you, you brought up the State of the Union. (03:32–03:38)
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