CNN Parker Spitzer December 30, 2010
a. >> good evening. i'm kathleen spitzer. >> i'm eliot spitzer. i call it tyranny of the majority. the filibuster has been used used only a few times in the past. you need 60% so 10% of the public can stop democracy. the constitution told us where you need a supermajority, ratifying a treaty, overturning a presidential veet. to require a supermajority on every piece of legislation is wrong, contrary to democracy. when congress comes back and the senate comes back next week, i hope they re form the filibuster, perhaps even eliminate the filibuster altogether. >> all the democrats retu...
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