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AMANDA TERKEL: You have
a lot of big new ideas

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like the Green New Deal.

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You've expressed
skepticism about getting

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rid of the filibuster, so how
do you propose getting things

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like this through the Senate?

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BERNIE SANDERS: So, we need
real filibuster reform.

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Because, right now,
for many, many reasons,

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the Senate is dysfunctional.

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Second of all, they're
are ways through things

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like budget reconciliation.

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How do you think major
pieces of legislation,

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historically, have been passed
by 51 votes, or majority vote?

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Through budget reconciliation.

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Where there's a
will, there is a way.

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And the problem is, in
terms of the filibuster,

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it's an honest
debate on both sides.

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Donald Trump supports the
ending of the filibuster.

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You should be a
little bit nervous

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if Donald Trump supports it.

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So, what it is, it says the
majority will have more power.

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Well, that's great when
you're in the majority--

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not so great when
you're in the minority.

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So I do think that every
piece of legislation that I am

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fighting for can be passed with
good legislative processes,

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including using
budget reconciliation.

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The problem, that I
believe, is-- whether you're

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in the majority or the
minority, I think you have

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to protect minority rights.

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I don't think you just simply
can shove everything through.

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There's an argument
for that, by the way.

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But that's not where
I am right now.

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