Harry Reid is flexing his geriatric muscles...
Via
The Hill:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is giving Republican
colleagues 36 hours to agree to a deal on filibuster reform or he will
move forward with the nuclear option.
“I hope in the next 24, 36
hours we can get something we agree on. If not, we’re going to move
forward on what I think needs to be done,” Reid told reporters.
Reid’s trump card in negotiations with Senate Republican Leader Mitch
McConnell (Ky.) is the threat he will change Senate rules with a simple
majority vote, a tactic known as the nuclear option. This maneuver would
allow Reid to change the Senate rules with a simple majority vote,
something that has never been done, according to parliamentary
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