Steve Scalise: “It's an actual Senate rule that you need 60 votes.”

“And then he went over to the Senate where it's always been a requirement that you need a super majority. And in fact, when they change the rules, it's not a standard or a custom. It's an actual Senate rule that you need 60 votes. The rule used to be higher. And in 1975, many of you might have thought, thought Chuck Schumer voted for that rule.” (18:21–18:25)

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