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making sure that our families are taken care of. making sure that the families in our communities are taken care of. and what we've seen in this chamber is tough. it's tough to watch. it's tough to imagine what would happen in this chamber today if we were debating social security and medicare. what would happen? what would the votes be? where would people stand? that's why it's important that hakeem jeffries leads this body. on behalf of the democratic caucus, i am nominating the leader of the governing party in this chamber, hakeem jeffries from new york. [ cheers and applause ] >>...

1923. >> that they changed the rules to allow for a plurality. and that was the only way they -- >> that was back in the 1800s. >> so that was before microfiche. >> so 100 years ago they changed the rules -- >> it was in the card catalog. >> the tablets. >> but back in the 1800s they either went to the plurality vote or there was an incident in 1859 where they got a consensus candidate. so all the stuff everybody's talking about has actually happened. >> the consensus candidate happened in 1990 whatever. 8, 9. after -- >> the dennis hastert reference again. >> '97. but the thing about a plural...