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Ted Cruz: “It's how we passed the biggest tax cut in American history.”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Published | Video Starts at 09:05

It is a procedure that lets you get around the Senate filibuster, that lets us pass legislation with just 50 votes, which means Democrats can't block it. And It's how we passed the biggest tax cut in American history. It's how we pass the biggest school choice program in American history. It's how we pass the biggest investment in border security in American history. (09:05–09:10)

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Asserts that reconciliation was used to pass the biggest tax cut in American history.

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