Senate Majority Leader McConnell to use 'nuclear option' to confirm non-Cabinet level and district court judicial nominees.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pauses while speaking at AIPAC in Washington on March 26, 2019.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Mitch McConnell is about to go nuclear, again.
That is referred to as the"nuclear option," and it mirrors what McConnell did to eliminate the 60-vote threshold for Supreme Court justices in order to confirm Neil Gorsuch and, later, Brett Kavanaugh to the high court. With debate limited to just two hours instead of 30, it will be easier to confirm some of the judges nominated by President Donald Trump, something McConnell has made a priority during Trump's first term, confirming a substantial number of judges to appeals and district courts. The rule change will also help Republicans confirm some of Trump's other nominees who have not received a vote before the full Senate.
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