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Ted Cruz: “Under the Senate rules, it takes 60 votes to end debate.”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 31:19

And I'll tell you what, I am urging the other Republican senators, what I'm urging our leadership is we should nuke what's called the zombie filibuster. What does that mean? So Under the Senate rules, it takes 60 votes to end debate. And it used to be for most of the history of the Senate to do a filibuster, you had to stand up and talk and talk and talk. (31:19–31:23)

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Asserts that the Senate requires 60 votes to end debate under current rules.

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