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Going ‘Nuclear’: Watch the Senate Change its Rules for Supreme Court Nominees

By Thomas McKinless

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To ensure clearance of the nomination of Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court in face of a Democratic filibuster, the Senate voted on Thursday to reduce cloture vote threshold from 60 to a simple majority. Watch the historic vote.

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