Tag: Nuclear Option

Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks on the Senate floor Thursday morning, July 11, 2013, in Washington. (AP/Senate TV)

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Morning Examiner: Scope of Harry Reid’s nuclear war on Senate to be tested immediately

Conn Carroll · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

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

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

Tim Mak · July 11, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said of a possible attempt by Democrats to curtail the filibuster, "I think it would bring the chamber to a screeching halt." (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

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

David M. Drucker · July 11, 2013 4:00 am

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)

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

Sean Higgins · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

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)

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

Joel Gehrke · July 10, 2013 4:00 am

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

Sean Higgins · July 10, 2013 4:00 am