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Rule, "we're going to have to change it wroosh we're looking at ways to change what has been an abuse." let's bring in washington post staff reporter, news week columnist, and msnbc contributor ezra cline. the conventional wisdom is it takes more than 60 votes to change a rule in the senate. it takes two-thirds to change a rule in the senate. david wallman wrote a thorough piece in "the daily post" basically saying that there is a way to do this with just a majority vote. what's your reading of the situation? >> he is right. it's been done before. what happens here, as you say, normally it wou...

Of the 60-vote filibuster rule, we're going to have to change it. we're looking at ways to change what has been an abuse. let's bring in washington post staff reporter, "newsweek" columnist and msnbc contributor, ezra kline. the conventional wisdom is it takes more than 60 votes to change a rule in the senate. it takes two-thirds to change a rule in the senate. david wallman wrote a thorough piece in "the daily post" basically saying that there is a way to do this with just a majority vote. what's your reading of the situation? >> he is right. it's been done before. what happens here, as you s...

It. we're looking at ways to change what has been an abuse. let's bring in washington post staff reporter, "newsweek" columnist and msnbc contributor, ezra klein. the conventional wisdom is it takes more than 60 votes to change a rule in the senate. it takes two-thirds to change a rule in the senate. david wallman wrote a thorough piece in "the daily post" basically saying that there is a way to do this with just a majority vote. what's your reading of the situation? >> he is right. it's been done before. what happens here, as you say, normally it would take 67 votes to overturn a rule, but wh...