Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened Thursday to invoke the so-called “nuclear option” as early as Tuesday if Republicans continue to filibuster presidential nominees he trying to shepherd towards confirmation.

“We want to break gridlock, and make Washington work for Americans,” Reid told reporters following a Democratic caucus meeting in which lawmakers discussed whether to change Senate rules to curb the filibuster. “We’re not interested in cutting a deal to pass one or two or three nominees. The president deserves to have his team in place.”