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Mike Johnson: “The filibuster is a tradition over there that's been…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson and House Leadership Hold Press Conference on Day 8 of Government Shutdown

Published | Video Starts at 25:59

Well, I'd lead the House, but the Senate has its own rules. Some of them are arcane, and when you're in the minority, you don't like it a lot. The, The filibuster is a tradition over there that's been maintained by both parties whenever they've been in the majority for a long, long time. And there's. They can make a very compelling case as to why that's true. Now, could you go nuclear and blow that all up and end the filibuster once and for all and allow everything for only majority party vote, 51 votes in the Senate? (25:59–26:07)

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