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To: Tea Party Terrorist

Can McConnell use the nuclear option to bypass a vote on cloture?


29 posted on 01/19/2018 4:52:30 PM PST by IndispensableDestiny
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To: IndispensableDestiny

Sure, the Senate can always change its own rules by Majority vote.

I don’t think they will kill the fillibuster over this, though.


41 posted on 01/19/2018 6:06:32 PM PST by Tea Party Terrorist (A bad peace is better than a good war.)
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To: IndispensableDestiny

“Can McConnell use the nuclear option to bypass a vote on cloture?”

Sure. The senate sets their own rules. But they WON’T.

In case you weren’t aware, “cloture” is a swahili term that roughly translated means “convenient excuse for doing nothing.”


49 posted on 01/19/2018 6:44:28 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Hope and redemption are to be found in the Lord. Not in politics.)
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