And what we talked about virtually the entire time was how to proceed to enact his legislative agenda. Now, as you know, in the Senate, we have a filibuster. What is the filibuster? The filibuster is the requirement that You need 60 votes to take up major legislation [in the Senate]. The effect of the filibuster is because we have a 53 vote majority of Republicans, you cannot take up major legislation in the Senate unless you get seven Democrats to support us. (04:09–04:15)
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