What is the Senate filibuster and why should we care? – with Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker
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Is There a Legislative Overriding the Senate Floor?
"I can assure you in a committee hearing where you're debating that that's where more real work takes place," he says. "The Senate floor, I used to kind of kid about this, but kind of believe it. Nothing important ever happened on the Senate floor." 'It was there that you could hear people who were serious about a piece of legislation say things and then when the hearing's over, you go over and say something to that person,' Obama adds.
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