From the Vault: Senate Democrats invoke the nuclear option in 2013
April 3, 2017
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as posted by the channelWhen then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid invoked the nuclear option to break the filibuster on President Obama’s nominees, Mitch McConnell warned that it set a dangerous precedent. He also predicted that Republicans would not hesitate to also change Senate rules once they won back the majority. McConnell will likely have to do just that later this week to break the Democrats’ filibuster on Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court. Washington Week looks back at our conversation in 2013 to see how we arrived at this contentious moment.
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