Republicans used the 'nuclear option' to jam through changes to Senate rules that will allow them to confirm most of President Trump's nominees at a much faster rate
Republicans used the"nuclear option" Wednesday to jam through changes to Senate rules that will allow them to confirm most of President Donald Trump's nominees at a much faster rate.
The partisan move was another sign of the coarsening relations between the parties on Capitol Hill and a warning that the appetite for iron-fisted majority rule is growing in the Senate not diminishing and could lead to the weakening of the legislative filibuster.
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