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Or spoken terror on the part of the staffers in the senatorial offices. can you narrow down what theyre afraid of, be what theyre terrified by? >> yeah, the lesson they took from massachusetts, number one, we cant be seen making deals. number two, we need to be seen as being bipartisan. its what the summit is about. the one thing you cant say about the public option, this is not something the democrats were able to pass into the bill originally. is a bipartisan move. youre going back to the most...

What youre seeing in public has been building in private, said a top democratic official. the house did their work and did everything the president asked of them and it gets stopped or screwed up in the senate. is that true, mr. fatah? >> the republicans have used the filibuster more times in one year than they have done over the last 30 years. we understand the bottom there that maybe the senate needs to go through something more american like a 51-vote majority process where they can move thes...

Gets stuck in the senate. the senate screws it up." is that accurate, mr. fattah? >> i think theres a lot of frustration about the pace in the senate. as the president said, they filibustered more in one year than they have over the last 30 years. we understand the bottom there. we just want the senate to maybe go to something more american, like a 51-vote majority process, where they can move this -- move these issues along versus a filibuster that allows the minority to stop even the simplest ...

Years. we understand the bottom there. we just want the senate to maybe go to something more american, like a 51-vote majority process, where they can move this -- move these issues along versus a filibuster that allows the minority to stop even the simplest of measures to be able to move through the senate. >> congresswoman wasserman schultz, do you agree with that, we should let the simple majority rule and make decisions on important things, even important things like health care reform? shou...