Harry Reid Short on Votes for ‘Nuclear Option’ to Change Filibuster Rule
It appears there aren't enough votes for a change in the filibuster rule, but that doesn't mean Democrats will stop trying.
View ArticleDeterring the Nuclear Option
Good on Senator Paul for being willing to stand up and fight. He's beginning to look like the heir apparent of Jim DeMint.
View ArticleMore Global Warming Hysteria: Environmentalists Push For Nuclear Option in US...
Another desperate tactic by ideologues who cannot compete in the marketplace of ideas . . .
View ArticleNuclear Option Destroys the Senate
What Senator Reid is doing is wrong. He is trying to break the explicit, longstanding rules of the Senate to revoke the procedural rights of all other Senators.
View ArticleReid to Senate Republicans: Filibuster Deal in 36 Hours or Face Nuclear Option
This controversial tactic would allow him to change the Senate rules with a simple majority vote.
View ArticleWill Senate Dems Use ‘Nuclear Option’ to Confirm Judges?
A senior Senate Democrat is eyeing the “nuclear option” to eliminate filibusters of nominations — this time for circuit court judges.
View ArticleRepublicans 'Soul-Searching' Over Reversing the 'Nuclear Option'
Senate Republicans, who condemned a Democratic decision last year to require only 51 votes to confirm judicial and executive branch nominees, are struggling to decide whether to reverse the so-called...
View ArticleHow the Nuclear Option Changed the Judiciary
White House Counsel Neil Eggleston on Wednesday highlighted the 134 judges confirmed in the 113th Congress alone, saying that was 44 percent of the total confirmed during President Barack Obama’s tenure.
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