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And i think with all the horrible shootings we have had, and the murders we have had, where the shooter fits the same profile, i think its incumbent upon people who want reforms to wage a very aggressive campaign to convince people at minimum to make it much much harder to get people under 21 to get guns. Tim, garrett, yamiche, thanks to all of you. Thats going to do it for us this hour. Our coverage continues with Katy Tur reports right now. Good to be with you, im Katy Tur. Vice president Kama...

Hateful is wrong and-- >> i dont know how you negotiate when these go back and forth. you just cant, right? >> in the texas senate we changed the rule when i was lt. governor to give the total majority to pass bills by the republicans because we had a vote rule and everybody says youre going to run over the democrats. instead out of 1661 bills passed last session only 23 on party line. when you go go like that, im not voting for your bill, schumer doesnt have to sit down, but when you have to ne...

Constitutional guarantee of majority rule in congress. the court system has never before entered into the senates internal role making, and quite frankly, it is unlikely to do so now. but theyre trying. the other track is in the senate. majority leader harry reid keeps threatening to change the rules. he says it will happen at the very beginning of the next congress. the very first item on the agenda. the main idea under consideration, the main way to change the rules comes from oregon democrat ...

A real one. it is in the courts and everything for house democrats and a good governance group called common cause are suing the senate. that court case began this weekend in washington. they argue the filibuster is illegal because it infringes on what they see as a constitutional guarantee of majority rule in congress. the court system has never before entered into the senates internal role making, and quite frankly, it is unlikely to do so now. but theyre trying. the other track is in the sena...

70 seats in the senate, or in the 1960s when they could really run up the vote you are never going to have a truly governing majority in the congress. therefore nothing ever is going to get done under this 60 senate vote rule. gene? >> or you need a situation like you had in 1996 when president clinton wanted to rack up some wins and the congress, the republicans in congress had kind of given up on bob dole as a presidential candidate. there you saw several big pieces of legislation pass but its...

Down, its not going to work. >> heres the problem it creates. unless you have a great depression like when hoover left office or in the 1960s when they could really run up the vote, youre never going to have a truly governing majority in the congress. therefore, nothing is ever going to get done under the 60-senate vote rule. jean? >> or you need a situation like in 1996 when president clinton wanted to rack up some wins and republicans in congress had given up on bob dole as a presidential cand...

If you want to filibuster, you cant say 60 vote rule, too bad. cant vote on that. you actually have to go down and hold the floor and talk and talk and talk and talk all night and for days and for weeks. you need to work for it. there is merit to this idea. it would make filibusters harder on the minority. it would make them more transparent to the public. it would make them less likely on popular bills, but it wouldnt reverse the transformation of the senate into a place where 60 votes required...