>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY!
WE'RE BACK HERE WITH SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN.
IF YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER, WHAT ABOUT -- AND
JUST HEAR ME OUT AND TRY TO HEAR THIS OBJECTIVELY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> Stephen: WHAT IF WE JUST GET RED TO HAVE THE SENATE?
( LAUGHTER ) AND I'M 100% SERIOUS HERE.
IT IS THE MOST ANTI-DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTION NEXT TO THE
JUDICIARY BECAUSE THE JUDICIARY IS ONLY THE WAY IT IS BECAUSE
THE SENATE IS THE WAY IT IS.
NO ONE WOULD DROP A SINGLETARY -- YOU'VE ALREADY GOT
TENURE, YOU CAN GO BACK TO YOUR OTHER JOB.
YOU WILL BE FINE, SPEND MORE TIME WITH BAILEY AND BRUCE.
I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHAT POSSIBLE PURPOSE THE UNITED
STATES SENATE PROVIDES RIGHT NOW.
>> WOW.
( LAUGHTER ) LOOK, I HEAR YOU!
( LAUGHTER ) HERE'S WHAT WE PROVIDE, IN
THEORY, IS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THE DELIBERATIVE BODY.
THAT WAS WHAT WE ENVISIONED.
BUT AS LONG AS WE ARE TANGLED IN THE FILIBUSTER, THEN WE DON'T
GET TO DO WHAT THE FOUNDERS ENVISIONED THAT WE WOULD, AND
THAT IS DEBATE THE BIG ISSUES OF THE DAY AND THEN VOTE ON THEM.
WHEN THE DEBATE IS OVER AND THEN VOTE ON THEM.
INSTEAD, WHERE WE ARE NOW, IS SOMEBODY JUST SENDS IN, I'M
FILIBUSTERING THAT, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE THINGS THAT
MATTER MOST IN OUR COUNTRY, THE THINGS THAT AFFECT PEOPLE RIGHT
WHERE THEY LIVE, THINGS THAT ARE POPULAR WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE --
YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE DOING UNIVERSAL CHILDCARE RIGHT NOW,
BUT WE GET TANGLED UP IN THE FILIBUSTER.
WE COULD BE DOING -- WE COULD BE DOING NEGOTIATION OF
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND LOWERING THE PRICE OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS.
WE COULD BE DOING IT RIGHT NOW.
WE COULD BE CHANGING THE RULES AROUND THIS COUNTRY.
I SAID EARLIER ABOUT GUN SAFETY AND SAVING LIVES RIGHT NOW.
BUT ON ALL OF THAT, WE NOT ONLY DON'T GET TO DO IT AT THE END,
WE DON'T EVEN EVER GET TO HAVE A DEBATE AROUND IT.
THE FILIBUSTER KEEPS US FROM DOING THINGS THAT ARE SUPPORTED
BY 70%, 80%, 90% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AND THAT IS
FUNDAMENTALLY ANTI-DEMOCRATIC.
SO, A SENATE WITH A FILIBUSTER, IT'S A SERIOUS QUESTION, WHY ARE
WE THERE?
>> Stephen: IF THE REPUBLICANS TAKE CONTROL OF THE SENATE IN
THIS NEXT ROUND OR ANY FUTURE ROUND
( SENATOR GASPS ) >> I'M SORRY.
>> Stephen: HOW WOULD YOU FEEL.
>> I PUT MY MONEY ON THE DEMOCRACY.
( APPLAUSE ) IF THEY HAVE A MAJORITY, SO BE
IT.
>> Stephen: IT'S AN ANTI-DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTION.
41 MILLION AMERICANS ARE REPRESENTED MORE BY YOUR SIDE
THAN THE REPUBLICANS AND, YET, THEY COULD GET ONE MORE VOTE.
>> BUT WITHOUT THE FILIBUSTER, THINK ABOUT IT THAT WAY, WITHOUT
THE FILIBUSTER, THEY CAN'T MAINTAIN THAT.
IF WE PROTECT VOTING AND GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER, THEN IT
REALLY IS A QUESTION OF WHAT THE AMERICAN WANT.
SO HERE'S THE THING, 70% OF AMERICANS BELIEVE IN THE RULE OF
ROE v. WADE.
THEY WANT TO PROTECT ROE v. WADE.
LET'S PUT IT TO A VOTE.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) REPUBLICANS WANT TO VOTE NO ON
THAT.
FINE.
I'M READY FOR THE NEXT ELECTION.
AND THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE.
ED IF YOU BELIEVE IN DEMOCRACY AND GETTING RID OF THE
FILIBUSTER WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MAJORITY AND THE MINORITY.
I'M NOT THERE TO SAY BY THE FILIBUSTER I WANT TO PROTECT
MYSELF, I'M THERE TO SAY THIS IS HOW DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSED TO
WORK.
PROTECT THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO VOTE AND I'LL TAKE MY
CHANCES, EVERY SIX YEARS, TWO YEARS IN THE HOUSE, EVERY FOUR
YEARS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
THAT'S HOW DEMOCRACY IS SUPPOSED TO WORK.
PUT THESE BIG ISSUES UP.
LET'S VOTE ON THEM!
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: SENATOR, GOOD
LUCK!
SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN, EVERYBODY!
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK WITH A PERFORMANCE BY INGRID ANDRESS
WITH SAM HUNT.