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Presidents supports majority leader reids efforts to reform the filibuster process. its pretty heavy. >> it is. it depends on who is in control of senate and the congress as far as how far a debate goes. i think its interesting that there have been interesting research projects done, especially when they say its the worst that its ever been. when it comes to delaying tactics in the senate, it is the worst its ever been. the fill bust sister filibuster is used more often that ever. it would be ni...

Was sort of a tempered excitement for the idea of a super committee, mainly because of the ability, if they agreed on anybody to have an up or down vote in the united states senate, the filibuster process has been so difficult to get by in the united states senate without any legislation with this divided government. we saw a few weeks ago that both sides were not anywhere near the same playing field. the last time they met privately, this group, was october 26th that last month. there was a pri...

America needs to do a better job understanding the rules of the senate. if in fact youre going to get to the point where you need 60 votes, theres a filibuster process that could be invoked. i would say to majority leader mcconnell that wed like to see him make this process playfully out. lets see how committed chuck schumer is to shutting down the government and, you know, i mean, not throw up our hands and say thats too hard. so im not goi to conjecture or speculate on what theyll do in the se...

Inspections, which is not the case. >> senator mitchell, before we go, as a former senate majority leader, i have to ask you about the latest round here between the majority and minor leaders. they are arguing whether this should face a 60-vote threshold through the filibuster process. is there anything more to this than the usual majority leader would like to see a 51 vote threshold and the minority always wants 60 vote threshold. is this standard argument we have heard before? >> as you know, ...

And i know congresswoman will agree with me, that you have two chambers, and theyre each supposed to pass a bill, and you negotiate the differences between two bills. so when you only have republican bills, they think that youre supposed to come further to their bill unless you have your own democratic bill. im saying that is traditionally the process. senator reid could have passed a democratic budget bill and represented that bill in the negotiations. its all on republican terms. theyve allowe...