Tag: Nuclear Option

Beltway Confidential

Harry Reid’s ‘nuclear option,’ then and now

Ashe Schow · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, after the Democrat majority in the Senate pushed through a major rules change, one that curbs the power of the Republican minority to block President Obama's nominations for high-level judgeships and cabinet and agency officials. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Examiner Editorial: Harry Reid nukes world’s greatest deliberative body

Editorial Writer · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Joe Biden backs Harry Reid triggering ‘nuclear option’

Meghashyam Mali · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said of theÃÂ National Defense Authorization Act:ÃÂ "This [nuclear option] blew it up.ÃÂ It harms the ability and desirability of people to work together."ÃÂ (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Senate’s nuclear option vote blows up defense policy bill

Tim Mak · November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Robert Wilkins' nomination to fill one of three vacant seats on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit -- considered the nation's second most powerful bench behind the Supreme Court -- fell six votes shy of the 60 needed to overcome a GOP filibuster. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate Republicans reject Obama nominee as Democrats amp up ‘nuclear option’ threat

Sean Lengell · November 18, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama has struggled for years to overcome Republican opposition to his nominations for top government or judicial posts. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Senate Democrats ramping up ‘nuclear option’ threat

Sean Lengell · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

Senate majority leader Harry Reid (D-NV) says GOP obstruction is unprecedented, a claim that is difficult to substantiate. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

If Harry Reid tries nuclear option, nuclear winter will follow

Byron York · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatens to move soon to kill Senate filibuster rights of the chamber's minority. (AP Photo)

Examiner Editorial: Harry Reid, Democrats threaten, again, to nuke the filibuster

Washington Examiner · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., delivers remarks on gridlock in the Senate on Monday, July 15th. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Harry Reid threat to nuke filibusters prompted by Big Labor

Sean Higgins · July 19, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened to eliminate the filibuster on presidential nominations. (Examiner/Graeme Jennings)

Beltway Confidential

Next time, let Harry Reid pull the trigger

Philip Klein · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.: "What's the point of having the filibuster if you can't use it?" (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP won’t let ongoing threat of ‘nuclear option’ curb future filibusters

David M. Drucker · July 17, 2013 4:00 am

Republican Sens., from left, John Thune, R-S.D., John Barrasso, R-Wyo., John McCain, R-Ariz., and John Hoeven, R-N.D., walk from the floor to a closed-door caucus after a compromise between the Democratic majority and the GOP minority on filibuster rules, at the Capitol on Tuesday. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP to confirm 7, Obama to change 2 in deal averting ‘nuclear option’

David M. Drucker · July 16, 2013 4:00 am