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Trump says GOP senators "look like fools" after health care failure
President Trump called for an end to the 60-vote threshold for most legislation, calling the filibuster "very outdated"
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Stefan Becket is a managing editor of politics for CBSNews.com. He has covered national politics and the federal government for more than a decade. He got his start in journalism at New York Magazine before joining the news start-up Mic to build the site's politics and policy section.
Stefan joined CBS News in 2017 in New York and moved to Washington two years later to help oversee a team that covers the White House, Congress, political campaigns, the Supreme Court and federal law enforcement.
President Trump called for an end to the 60-vote threshold for most legislation, calling the filibuster "very outdated"
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The tweet appears to reference a 2015 story about intelligence on the ISIS leader's whereabouts
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MSNBC parted ways with veteran broadcaster and host of "For the Record"
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