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James Lankford: I would not only in the sense that that seems to be a genie out of the bottle at this point.

On the recordDecember 18, 2017
I would not only in the sense that that seems to be a genie out of the bottle at this point.
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James Lankford
Republican · Oklahoma

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Lankford discusses the difficulty of reverting to a 60-vote requirement after changing to 51 votes.

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