The rule used to be higher. And in 1975, many of you might have thought, thought Chuck Schumer voted for that rule. He came in just a few years after, In 1975... they lowered the threshold to 60 votes. It used to actually be a higher standard in the rules. And so every day Chuck Schumer's been in Congress, it always took more than a simple majority, in fact 60 votes to pass these kinds of bills through the Senate. (18:26–18:38)
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Asserts that the Senate vote threshold was lowered to 60 votes in 1975.
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