Nuclear Option

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid didn't let Tuesday's

Beltway Confidential

Snow day or no, Senate confirms first nominee since ‘nuclear option’ invoked

Ashe Schow -

December 10, 2013 5:00 am

Energy and Environment

‘Nuclear option’ gives new life to Obama’s regulatory agenda

Brian Hughes -

November 29, 2013 5:00 am

Columnists

Nobody wins when you go nuclear on filibusters

Gene Healy -

November 26, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leaders Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, Patty Murray, and Dick Durbin held a press conference on Thursday, after the Senate pushed through the nuclear option to change Senate rules that will eliminate most filibusters. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Economy

The week ahead in economics: Nuclear option fallout, housing and consumer confidence

Joseph Lawler -

November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Sen. Jerry Moran, executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, warned roughly 500 of the committee's top donors Monday that recent changes to the Senate's filibuster rules could hurt the economy and threaten energy and financial services sectors in particular.

Campaigns

Republican Senate candidates look to capitalize on Harry Reid’s ‘nuclear option’

Rebecca Berg -

November 25, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's recent decision to scrap the filibuster is the culmination of a long escalation of partisan tensions in Washington.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Columnists

‘Because … he is Latino’: The glorious history of the Democrats’ filibuster fight

Timothy P. Carney -

November 23, 2013 5:00 am

Red Alert Politics

California town bans smoking inside one’s home

Melissa Quinn -

November 22, 2013 6:34 pm

Obama on Thursday endorsed the nuclear option, saying it was necessary to stop the GOPâs âpattern of obstruction.â

Healthcare

White House: Nuclear option ‘unrelated’ to fate of Obamacare officials

Meghashyam Mali -

November 22, 2013 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Sen.ÃÂ HarryÃÂ Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Politics

Senate Dems go ‘nuclear,’ eliminate filibuster of presidential nominees

Susan Ferrechio -

November 21, 2013 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

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

Ashe Schow -

November 21, 2013 5:00 am

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