nuclear option

NEW: Reid and Schumer Win Again! With More Winning to Come! UPDATE: A 'Billy Jack' Moment?
Ed Morrissey 12:30 PM | February 13, 2025
BREAKING: Chalk Up Another Two Victories for Schumer and Reid!
Ed Morrissey 12:40 PM | February 12, 2025
CNN: Let's Face It -- Trump Has Defeated Senate Dems
Ed Morrissey 8:40 AM | February 06, 2025
Manchin: How many times do I have to say "no nukes"?
Ed Morrissey 12:01 PM | January 11, 2022

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Sinema to Senate Dems: Absolutely no nuclear option or filibuster change
Ed Morrissey 3:01 PM | January 05, 2022
Manchin: Nothing new on BBB ... or the filibuster either
Ed Morrissey 12:31 PM | January 04, 2022
Deep thoughts: Can the Senate be un-nuked?
Ed Morrissey 7:01 PM | November 04, 2020
Is Schumer about to throw Feinstein under the bus after Barrett hearing?
Ed Morrissey 8:01 PM | October 21, 2020
Breaking: Pelosi caves, tells House Dems that she'll transmit articles of impeachment next week
Ed Morrissey 12:01 PM | January 10, 2020
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Politico: Senate Dems "outraged" over McConnell use of mysterious precedent to change judicial confirmation rules
Ed Morrissey 8:01 PM | March 06, 2019
Time for a new nuclear option for judicial confirmations
Jazz Shaw 2:31 PM | January 23, 2019
Trump, Daines to McConnell: Time to go nuclear on the border wall; Hatch: No, it's not
Ed Morrissey 8:41 AM | December 21, 2018
"Grossly irresponsible": AG appointee Barr blasted Mueller probe on obstruction in June memo to Rosenstein
Ed Morrissey 5:21 PM | December 20, 2018
Reuters: Dems getting pretty dismayed over Trump's success in judiciary, or something
Ed Morrissey 6:01 PM | May 07, 2018
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Lankford: It's time to reimpose Democratic limitations on confirmation debate
Ed Morrissey 8:01 PM | April 24, 2018
A speed lane for Trump nominees?
Jazz Shaw 8:01 AM | March 22, 2018
Live thread: Will McConnell drop the big one on the Senate? Update: BOOM; Update: Cloture set on Gorsuch vote
Ed Morrissey 11:21 AM | April 06, 2017
Negotiations to avoid 'nuclear option' in the Senate collapse
John Sexton 6:01 PM | April 05, 2017
McConnell: Democrats "determined to head into the abyss, and taking the country with them"
Ed Morrissey 12:31 PM | April 04, 2017
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Oh my: McCain backs McConnell on the nuclear option
Ed Morrissey 5:01 PM | April 03, 2017
Wait... do we actually have the votes to nuke the filibuster?
Jazz Shaw 2:31 PM | April 03, 2017
Cuomo to Blumenthal: Shouldn't you save the filibuster for when "Ginsburg runs out of gas"?
Ed Morrissey 2:01 PM | April 03, 2017
Feinstein, Warner, Leahy: We're on for the filibuster
Ed Morrissey 12:01 PM | April 03, 2017
McCaskill: I'm filibustering Gorsuch over his "stunning lack of humanity"
Ed Morrissey 6:01 PM | March 31, 2017
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Point and laugh: Watch these lowlights of Democrats' shameless filibuster hypocrisy
Guy Benson 4:41 PM | March 30, 2017
Gang-busters: Gorsuch confirmation on collision course
Ed Morrissey 2:01 PM | March 30, 2017
Sen. Lindsay Graham is ready to go nuclear (and here's why the GOP should do it)
John Sexton 7:21 PM | March 23, 2017
Chuck Schumer thinks he has a plan to stop construction of the wall
Jazz Shaw 12:01 PM | March 07, 2017
Gillibrand: Of course Neil Gorsuch will get confirmed
Ed Morrissey 10:01 AM | February 22, 2017
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Schumer: Gorsuch will need to get 60 votes in Senate
Ed Morrissey 9:21 AM | February 07, 2017
Cruz: You'd better believe the nuclear option's on the table for Gorsuch
Ed Morrissey 10:01 AM | February 01, 2017
CBS: Senate Republicans convinced Trump that Pryor is a no-go for SCOTUS
Ed Morrissey 10:41 AM | January 27, 2017
McConnell on nuclear option for SCOTUS: Trump's nominee will get confirmed, period
Ed Morrissey 4:01 PM | January 23, 2017
Schumer: Hey... sorry about that whole nuclear option thing
Jazz Shaw 8:41 PM | January 03, 2017
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Harry Reid has no regrets about invoking the 'nuclear option'
John Sexton 3:21 PM | December 08, 2016
The GOP probably doesn't have the votes to nuke the filibuster
Jazz Shaw 2:01 PM | November 27, 2016
GOP Senators hint at nuclear option if Dems block Supreme Court appointment
John Sexton 1:21 PM | November 18, 2016
McConnell: No more Obama judicial confirmations?
Ed Morrissey 2:01 PM | June 05, 2015
Krauthammer: Kill the filibuster
Noah Rothman 3:21 PM | February 20, 2015
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McCain ready to reverse course on nuclear option
Jazz Shaw 10:41 AM | December 09, 2014
Senate Dem to oppose Mumia-defender Obama appointee
Ed Morrissey 12:41 PM | March 03, 2014
Harry Reid: I think we all know who'll be to blame for any unproductivity in 2014, am I right?
Erika Johnsen 5:01 PM | January 05, 2014
Democrats quickly exploit Senate rules change to give Obama court advantage
Kevin Glass 6:01 PM | December 10, 2013
McConnell on nuclear option: "If you like the rules of the Senate, you can keep them!"
Ed Morrissey 12:01 PM | November 21, 2013
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Reid to propose the nuclear option today?
Ed Morrissey 9:21 AM | November 21, 2013
Reid prepping new nuclear option on filibuster
Ed Morrissey 10:01 AM | November 20, 2013