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Youre one of 40 new senators since 2008 and theres a question of whether or not there simply were too many senators elected who saw this as a norm rather than understanding clearly that a filibuster is not the norm. that it is majority rule and some of the practices that we have seen over the past few years were a new phenomenon in many ways. whats happened today is how its supposed to work. >> it is supposed to work by majority rule. thats the way americans are accustomed to making decisions. t...

Could be doing this nonsense with. they simply dont understand how a government of the people and by the people operates on the basis of consensus and majority. >> right. >> you take a vote on something, if the majority wins, you live with it. >> right. >> i was against going to iraq. but we took a vote on that. i think thats the way it works. >> one of your colleagues, louie gohmert is at the microphone. hes always so entertaining. >> unless you want that shoved back in your face you need to be...

I can try to remember your names, so i will do my best here. who is the boss of the snooif. >> nobody is the boss. were very democratic. i dont think we would allow anybody to be the boss. >> is that right? >> yes. when we have musical disagreements we take a vote. luckily there is an odd number of us. majority wins. >> youre all brilliantly talented. we had a lot of acts from utah and they were always talented and used to smile a lot like you. just to put me off. i couldnt be critical if i like...

Ask you about this. >> im going to tell them im going back to fight as hard as i can. im ready to work this out. we should have a conversation. >> why didnt you get this done? >> im trying. its not up to me to bring the bill on the floor. i signed up for a motion to discharge. lets have a straight up and down vote. it takes putting the bill on the floor. lets have a straight up and down vote and see what happens and the majority wins. we cant get the bill to the floor. thats why we had to do a d...