Senate GOP may lack firepower for nuke option

Published November 16, 2016 5:01am ET



President-elect Trump’s decisive victory sets up a possible nuclear showdown in the Senate next year over his Supreme Court nominee. However, Senate Republicans may not have the firepower among their own members to drop that bomb.

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