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McConnell: For going nuclear before he was against it
Harry Reid is having a fun day:I'm old enough to remember when Sen. McConnell insisted on up-or-down votes for judicial confirmations. https://t.co/...—@SenatorReid It's true. Back when he was Senate...
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What's next for filibuster reform
Now that the filibuster is officially dead for nominations to the executive and the judiciary, with the exception of nominations to the Supreme Court, what happens next? For the relative short term, it...
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Let the filibuster reform pearl-clutching commence
Dana Milbank has the vapors (and a really poor grasp of history and a total lack of perspective). Let's start with the title: "The Democrats' naked power grab." Because allowing the president to...
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The potential silver lining to the post-nuclear Republican obstruction
Judiciary Committee hearings might be a lot more interesting, even with this guy. If there's one thing that's a given that the Senate will experience post-going nuclear, it's ongoing and probably even...
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Reid laughs at idea that GOP will block more post-nuclear option
"You'll be sorry, now" is the mantra from Senate Republicans after Democrats voted to go nuclear on the filibuster. And of course The Village punditry point at those words and tsk-tsked Very Seriously...
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(Cross-posted at the Makeshift Academic)Yesterday, we all crawled out from our radiation shelters to behold the charred remains of the Senate landscape. You see, Harry "Major Kong" Reid engaged the...
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Senate Democrats blast Republican slow-walking of key Treasury nominee
Sen. Shelby (R-AL) can't be bothered to answer questions about doing his actual job. Mitch McConnell's Senate is making headlines all over the place for stopping President Obama's judicial nominees...
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Grassley blocks State Department nominations over Clinton emails
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) is blocking 20 State Department nominations so that he, too, can get in on the Hillary Clinton email nothingburger.The chairman of the Judiciary Committee in a statement...
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