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On the recordDecember 18, 2017
The elimination, obviously, of the 60-vote protection, except for the Supreme Court, was done by a Congress controlled by Democrats.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses the removal of the 60-vote protection in the Senate.

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