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On 11/21/2013 5:02 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 21 Nov 2013 15:18:36 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:


Just returned home and checked the news.

Following months of threats by Harry Reid, the Senate has exercised the
"Nuclear Option" for presidential appointees except for Supreme Court
nominees. This means a simple majority vote is all that is needed to
affirm nominees rather than the 60 vote majority that has been used for
decades. This virtually eliminates the ability to hold up appointments
with filibusters.

The political wrangling continues.




This is going to cost them.


Only if the republicans get a nut and retaliate and stack positions
after 2014... but they won't.
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