It’s called Cloture which takes 60 votes.
Nuclear option allows cloture with only simple majority.
Nuclear option cannot be filibustered but it will create a long memory.
“Nuclear option cannot be filibustered but it will create a long memory.”
The Democrats have moved to the stage where no rule will survive if it is not advantages to them. We might as well blow up the rule now.
Long memory? The Republicans have already chosen to forget that the Democrats used it on them. Stefan Molyneux recently observed "If benevolence is not reciprocal, it is suicidal." We must accept the fact that the Democrats are no longer playing by "the rules."
I do not think that is an issue. Keeping the filibuster in place for SCOTUS only hurts republicans. If the Rats had a rat President and 51 seats, they would nuke the filibuster for SCOTUS picks in a heartbeat. Harry Reid said as much back when he thought Crooked Hillary had it in the bag.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/harry-reid-if-gop-blocks-scotus-in-2017-dems-should-go-nuclear-again
And Harry Reid didn’t create a long memory?