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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled privately to President Obama that he may change Senate rules this month so it would take only 51 votes — instead of the current 60 — to approve judicial and executive branch nominees. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics

Harry Reid ready to ‘go nuclear’ if GOP blocks Obama nominees

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Reid in 2005: ‘I Would Never, Ever Consider Breaking the Rules to Change the Rules’
Senate

Reid in 2005: ‘I Would Never, Ever Consider Breaking the Rules to Change the Rules’

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Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened Thursday to invoke the so-called “nuclear option” as early as Tuesday if Republicans continue to filibuster presidential nominees. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
Senate

Harry Reid could invoke ‘nuclear option’ to end filibuster as early as Tuesday

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Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said of a possible attempt by Democrats to curtail the filibuster,
Senate

GOP threatens to bring Senate to ‘screeching halt’ over filibuster change

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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Wednesday that he was not concerned about the precedent that Democrats would create by using the so-called nuclear option to limit filibusters. (AP/Charles Dharapak)
Beltway Confidential

Dem senator: No worry about precedent filibuster %u2018nuclear option%u2019 sets

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Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, says that Democrats in the Senate know that if they limit the minority's ability to filibuster, they're have to deal with that when they're not the party in power. (AP File)
Beltway Confidential

Sen. Mike Lee: Harry Reid’s nuclear option filibuster threat is a bluff

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AFL-CIO’s Trumka: Senate Democrats will go nuclear on filibusters
Beltway Confidential

AFL-CIO’s Trumka: Senate Democrats will go nuclear on filibusters

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Sen. David Vitter, R-La., says that the Environmental Protection Agency has taken steps forward on transparency requests, causing him to drop the threat of a filibuster. (Getty Images/File)
Beltway Confidential

David Vitter drops filibuster threat of EPA nominee, but hurdles remain

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The death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., has compromised Senate Democrats' ability to change the filibuster rule. (AP file)
Beltway Confidential

Report: Frank Lautenberg%u2019s death may have cost Dems chance to change filibuster

Sean Higgins -
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Harry Reid again threatens to curb GOP filibusters
Politics

Harry Reid again threatens to curb GOP filibusters

David M. Drucker -
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