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Rick Scott: “The filibuster was never supposed to stop a bill.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 03:30

The only way, only reason Senate Democrats are against it is they have to want fraud. The only way this is going to happen is we have to blow up the filibuster. The filibuster was never supposed to stop a bill. It was supposed to stop debate. The Democrats are using it to stop this bill. We need to blow up the filibuster and pass this with 50 Republican votes. (03:30–03:34)

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Claims that the original purpose of the filibuster was not to block legislation.

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