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Rick Scott: “Eliminate the filibusters, we can pass bills with 51 votes…”

Featuring: Rick Scott, Republican | U.S. Senate, Florida

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'THEY DON'T CARE': Congress failed to do its job, GOP senator says

Published | Video Starts at 05:22

The Democrats are not going to come on board. This is their defund the police moment. They're not going to come back on board. So our choices are of one of two choices. Eliminate the filibusters, we can pass bills with 51 votes or do it through reconciliation as quickly as we can. That's our only choices here. Could you also, if you're going to do reconciliation for DHS funding, could you do it for the Save America Act? (05:22–05:29)

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Asserts that eliminating the filibuster or using reconciliation is the only way to pass necessary legislation.

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