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Rick Scott: “It's only for budgetary items...because we're using…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 08:23

Well, it's a way to get around it. Right. And it's, it's only for budgetary items. Be, let's, let's be honest. There's not a lot left. It's only for budgetary items...because we're using reconciliation, which we don't have a filibuster rule for that. We've already gotten murdered for nominations, we've already gotten rid of for judges. So there's not much left. (08:23–08:35)

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Asserts that reconciliation is used for budgetary items without a filibuster rule.

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