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(Following Advance for Use Wednesday, Dec. 2) 22 Nov 2009 17:50 GMT
... midnight. In 1942, an artificially created, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated for the first ... a Georgia runoff, denying Democrats a 60-seat, filibuster-proof majority in the Senate (until Al Franken's ...
Cornyn chooses principle in giving judicial nominee a vote 21 Nov 2009 02:51 GMT
... when Republicans controlled the Senate as well as the White House, they threatened a "nuclear option," which would blow up the filibuster rules to keep that stalling technique from being used on judicial nominees. The chamber ...
America's House of Lords Debates Health Care 21 Nov 2009 08:47 GMT
... malapportioned and unrepresentative Senate wielding its anti-majoritarian filibuster, it is hardly surprising that minority rule ... 51-vote tactic the GOP frames as a "nuclear option," Democrats should remind the public: There's ...
GOP weighs filibuster of Obama judicial nominee 17 Nov 2009 12:11 GMT
... rules change that would have cut the number of votes needed to override a filibuster. But the so-called "nuclear option" was averted after a bipartisan "Gang of 14" negotiated compromise debate rules that ...
GOP weighs filibuster of judge nominee 17 Nov 2009 19:55 GMT
... rules change that would have cut the number of votes needed to override a filibuster. But the so-called "nuclear option" was averted after a bipartisan "Gang of 14" negotiated compromise debate rules that ...

First thoughts: A productive day 17 Nov 2009 16:37 GMT
... didn't Obama get Iran to send it's nuclear material to Russia and France for peaceful ... the Senate Judiciary Committee, has threatened to filibuster Hamilton’s nomination David Hamilton, he sounds like ...
Giving hypocrisy a bad name 17 Nov 2009 05:10 GMT
... BUSH administration, Republicans decried Democratic attempts to filibuster judicial nominees. Some went so far as ... attempts unconstitutional and threatened to exercise the "nuclear option" to ban the procedural tool in ...
Ten coalition MPs vow to reject CPRS 17 Nov 2009 05:16 GMT
... also raised the issue of Australia going nuclear. The majority of those that spoke on ... Ludwig accused the opposition of planning to filibuster to ensure the 11 bills did not ...
GOP giving hypocrisy a bad name 17 Nov 2009 20:31 GMT
... BUSH administration, Republicans decried Democratic attempts to filibuster judicial nominees. Some went so far as ... attempts unconstitutional and threatened to exercise the "nuclear option" to ban the procedural tool in ...
First thoughts: GOP govs take the stage 19 Nov 2009 16:00 GMT
... Iran for defying efforts to halt its nuclear weapons pursuits." "Fresh"? Fresh implies that other ... said that "If the Republicans want to filibuster HCR then they should actually have to ...

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Obama's Judicial Nominations 17 Nov 2009 05:11 GMT
... the White House warning that they would filibuster any nominee from their home states if ... filibustering that their majority leader threatened the “nuclear option,” which would have eliminated the use ...
Obama faces showdowns on health, Afghanistan, jobs 19 Nov 2009 22:53 GMT
... the North a "grand bargain" involving its nuclear weapons program. President Barack Obama says the ... will stick together to block a Republican filibuster of the massive health care bill. No ...
Obama court nominee David Hamilton clears Senate hurdle 18 Nov 2009 00:50 GMT
... in June, Republicans have been threatening a filibuster. The tactic is familiar. Threats of filibusters ... a Republican threat to use the so-called “nuclear option” by rewriting Senate rules, thus ending ...
Presidential Dithering, Dawdling and Defeat 16 Nov 2009 09:39 GMT
... majority in the House and a 60-vote filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, the President’s party ... the world economy nor Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons. Instead, Mr. Ban wanted to prod ...
Early Word: China Trip Notes 17 Nov 2009 14:13 GMT
... the dangers of climate change and prevent nuclear proliferation.” Mr. Obama followed up his time ... Republican on the Judiciary committee, urged a filibuster of the nominee although Mr. Sessions conceded ...
Will US 'pirates' kill climate deal? 13 Nov 2009 18:16 GMT
... – unlike in Polish history – a filibuster can be blocked by a vote of ... company with some traditional business backers. The nuclear industry, and even some oil companies, want ...
Can Barack Obama kill the climate pirates? 13 Nov 2009 18:53 GMT
... – unlike in Polish history – a filibuster can be blocked by a vote of ... company with some traditional business backers. The nuclear industry, and even some oil companies, want ...