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THIS WEEK: SENATE’S “NUCLEAR OPTION”

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 22 @ 9:00PM

The Senate went nuclear on Thursday. After threatening for months, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) orchestrated a new rule allowing for the confirmation of judicial nominees with a simple 51-vote majority. President Obama applauded the change calling out Republicans for stalling the confirmation of his nominees in what he called a “pattern of obstruction [that] just isn’t normal.” Republicans fumed that the rule change was a power grab designed to deflect the focus away from the rocky implementation of the president’s Affordable Care Act.

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