Harry Reid started this process to pack the D.C. circuit Court. And it does create the slippery slope that. But again, I'm writing op eds, kind of laying out the history. The Senate used to have unlimited debate. There was no way to formally end debate other than through exhaustion. At some point they came up with this cloture vote. But the cloture vote was only used at the very end of the process. (07:06–07:13)
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