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Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, is concerned that Majority Leader Harry Reid will go through with threats to eliminate the minority's right to filibuster, at least in the case of nominations. (AP File)
Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Senate GOP braces for nuclear option

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is threatening to change filibuster rules in a way that would help to place controversial nominees on the National Labor Relations Board. (Getty Images File)
Op-Eds

Let’s walk back from the brink of nuking the Senate

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

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

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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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