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Filibuster. right now the democrats have 57 dem rats and two independents who vote with the democrats. 59. not enough. there is this other option called reconciliation where you only need 51 votes, simple majority to get legislation passed. here is how the president spoke about that earlier today. >> this is your reconciliations brought up. again, i think the american people aren't always -- all that interested in procedures inside the senate. i do think that they want a vote on how we are going to move this forward. and, you know, i think most americans think that a majority vote makes sense....
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