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To: HANG THE EXPENSE

incorrect. google is your friend.


64 posted on 07/07/2018 9:36:00 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: JohnBrowdie; HANG THE EXPENSE

“google is your friend”

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Which link were you thinking of? I found this one...

In 2013, Reid invoked the “nuclear option,” a historic move that changed a long-standing Senate rule, dropping the number of votes needed to overcome a filibuster from 60 to a simple majority for executive appointments and most judicial nominations — a decision he justified because of trouble getting through court confirmations in the latter half of the Obama Administration.

At the time, then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and many other Republicans warned Reid that he would regret implementing the nuclear option.

http://time.com/5324365/harry-reid-filibuster-reform-supreme-court/


75 posted on 07/08/2018 12:31:19 AM PDT by deks
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