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Ron Johnson: “It took 33 years for the Democrats to get that super…”

Featuring: Ron Johnson, Republican | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Johnson on Freedom Watch

Published | Video Starts at 04:02

The 2/3 threshold wasn't good enough. So they lowered that threshold to three fifths. Where it stands dates 60 votes. And guess what? Government grew again. It took 33 years for the Democrats to get that super majority 60 votes. But, but they got it in 2009 and they passed health care, they passed Dodd Frank, they passed the, the, the failed stimulus package. (04:02–04:07)

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