Senate Democrats bowled over Republicans on Thursday to win approval for a highly controversial rule change which would limit the GOPs ability to block nominees, in a move Republicans called a raw power grab. Its a sad day in the history of the Senate, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said after the vote. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., moving quickly following days of speculation, used the so-called nuclear option to pass the change. Typically, major changes like this take 67 votes, but he did it with just a simple majority. With Republicans fuming, the change weakens the power of the minority to stall nominations for top positions. Instead of needing 60 votes to break a filibuster, the change means Democrats will now need just 51. Republicans charged that Democrats were merely trying to shift focus away from ObamaCare with the move. nation.foxnews/2013/11/21/reid-tries-distract-obamacare-disaster-breaks-senate-rules-and-goes-nuclear
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 11:57:42 +0000
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