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  • Why the Rules Matter (16 Mar 2010 06:37)

    ... the rules in the Senate with the "nuclear option" that would allow an up or ... rules so that they can avoid a filibuster in the Senate. This time it is ...

  • Obama Flip Flops on 'Nuclear Option' (10 Mar 2010 19:55)

    ... Obama was a Senator in 2005 he gave this speech as to why the filibuster was important and that all voices need to be heard. Now that the Democrats ...

  • Ad Attacks Reid on Reconciliation (11 Mar 2010 22:50)

    ... filibuster. Republicans have dubbed the procedure the "nuclear option," which the AFF ad picks up ... denouncing Republican attempts to overcome a Democratic filibuster back in 2005, when the GOP controlled ...

  • First thoughts: Inside and outside (11 Mar 2010 16:46)

    ... Sure hope the Senate resolves issues around filibuster before those appointments come to the floor. ... 9:38 AM) I see that Isreal wants nuclear power, I wonder where they plan to ...

  • First thoughts: Trust and the trip (12 Mar 2010 17:03)

    ... against this plan, the Dems used a "nuclear option" to "cram it down our throats". ... anything to obstruct? And if the Republicans filibuster a reconciliation bill that repeals of the ...

  • Slow-moving Senate seems out of step (10 Mar 2010 07:52)

    ... kind of bloody knuckle campaigns we now participate in.” Because of the almost routine filibuster threat, leaders in both parties often reach agreements to limit amendments and debate by ...

  • Dems: No thanks to new 'gang of 14' (10 Mar 2010 10:50)

    ... ready to pull the trigger on the nuclear option on judges are now glad they ... by Republican Senate leaders to abolish the filibuster for judicial nominees. The group, which included ...

  • Conservative Group Attacks Reid on Reconciliation in New Ad (11 Mar 2010 23:06)

    ... reconciliation. Republicans have dubbed the procedure the "nuclear option," which the AFF ad picks up ... denouncing Republican attempts to overcome a Democratic filibuster back in 2005, when the GOP controlled ...

  • Q+A's Paul Holmes Interviews Dr Simon Schama. (14 Mar 2010 00:54)

    ... that don’t require a super majority of filibuster proof majority, just a simple majority. It ... majority. It was thought to be so-called nuclear option, something that could blow back in ...

  • Judy Guenseth: Voters stuck on political see-saw (13 Mar 2010 14:18)

    ... Democratic dominance in the House and a filibuster-proof supermajority in the Senate set the stage ... intense issues, such as the threat of nuclear warhead development in adversarial countries, a mounting ...

  • In The Arena: William Cohen (11 Mar 2010 20:14)

    ... about the use and abuse of the filibuster, and what the United States should do ... should do about the prospect of a nuclear Iran. he offers his thoughts on U.S. ...

  • The Democrats' new nuclear option (8 Mar 2010 10:55)

    ... - Get ready for the new nuclear option. You may remember the old version, ... moving to change Senate rules on the filibuster by a simple majority vote. Think ending ...

  • Going nuclear, again (9 Mar 2010 12:14)

    ... WASHINGTON — Get ready for the new nuclear option. You may remember the old version, ... moving to change Senate rules on the filibuster by a simple majority vote. Think ending ...

  • Henry Lamb Reconciliation: the Dems' "nuclear option" (7 Mar 2010 09:03)

    ... March 7, 2010 Reconciliation: the Dems' "nuclear option" A few years ago, the Democrats ... took great delight in using the 60-vote filibuster rule to prevent President Bush's judicial nominations ...

  • ++ Reconciliation: The Democrat's 'Nuclear Option' (9 Mar 2010 08:13)

    ... took great delight in using the 60-vote filibuster rule to prevent President Bush's judicial nominations ... absolutely ballistic. The threat was dubbed "The nuclear option." "If the nuclear option is successful, ...

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