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>> well, a little history lesson, just ive given this to you guys before, but executive counter was always done on a simple majority basis until bush 43 got elected. always. even though it was possible to filibuster, it simply wasnt done. so this notion of filibustering executive branch appointments are a relative new thing, invented ironi eye ey ironicalle filibusters during bush 43s term. saw this evolve through several phases over the next 15 years leading us right back to where we were befor...

Leaders control the white house, to confirm a more partisan -- in the future? >> well, a little history lesson. i have given this to you guys before, but the executive counter was always done on a simple majority basis until bush 43 got elected, eastern though it was possible to filibuster, it simply wasnt done. so this nothing of filibustering executive branch appointments is a relatively new thing, inventsed ironically by my counterpart, currently the democratic leader of the senate, who began...

Continue to be weakened overtime? >> many of us are concerned about what happened in 2013. when they decided to go nuclear on the executive calendar. we dont want it to happen. the nuking of the executive counter did occur in november of 2013. it is in place. the logical implications of that decision in november of 2013 still applied today. they apply with equal force with respect to supreme court nominees. all the same arguments. what we need and what i hope will protect against is the spreadin...

Than two years without a leader because republicans refused to accept the law of the land because they wanted to roll back a law that protects consumers from the greed of wall street. so i say to my republican colleague, you dont have to like the laws of the land, but you do have to respect those laws and acknowledge them and abide by them. similar obstruction continued unabated for seven more months until democrats threatened to change senate rules to allow up or down votes on executive nominat...