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Ignore that wisdom and continue to engage in this myth that has been debunked by the framers in 1789 and is debunked by our real-life experience of the senate today where the gridlock that results is exactly what the framers predicted would happen if you impose a supermajority threshold. >> adam, we learn so much when you're on. can we get his book back up if we can, please? adam, i learn so much when you come on. i appreciate it. the book is called "kill switch." there it is right there. if you want to learn more about what's happening in the senate, about the filibuster, no one better in my ...

All eyes again are on the filibuster. you say the question to reform the filibuster boils down to do we want a functional or dysfunctional government? tell us why, adam. >> that's right. well, you know, the question we're facing right now is something that the framers actually predicted when they created the senate. and, you know, one of the big myths about the filibuster is that it's this foundational feature of the senate. that's just simply not true. the framers created a senate that was a majority rule body. this myth that there would be wild swings back and forth is not something that the...

Had just had personal firsthand experience with what congress looks like when you put a supermajority threshold in place. the articles of confederation, which were the first draft of american government that was in place during the revolutionary war, had a supermajority threshold in its version of congress for most major legislation. and they put it there for the same reasons the defenders of the filibuster defend it today. they thought that including and requiring a supermajority threshold would create compromise and consensus. instead, what they saw firsthand in the 1780s was na gridlock was...

We see that word and your eyes glaze other than a little bit. but this is actually really important to the mechanics of how our democracy works. explain why people should care. >> the senate obviously has 100 people, you need 60 votes, 60 of them to pass anything through the chamber. it is consequential because that is a supermajority threshold. it is not in the constitution. 23i8 buster is a senate rule that came about by way of accident, somewhere around a century ago. the rule was made to do the opposite of blocking legislation, it was done to facilitate legislation and this goes back to aa...

Sirlie. kevin, good morning. >> good morning, mara, how are you? >> let's start with immigration. the senate seems to have reached a deal. do you think this is something house republicans with go along with? >> i think if they reach that 70-vote, supermajority threshold in the senate, it could inject momentum into the house. now, an amendment yesterday, two republicans, senator corker, senator hoven, this would boost border security, and i think that's what a lot of republicans were looking for, but who knows with house republicans if this will pass. >> now, president obama spoke last night to...