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What’s the Nuclear Option? Dismantling This Senate Jargon

By David Hawkings
Posted April 17, 2018 at 2:24pm

By David Hawkings and Thomas McKinless

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President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for the Senate to drop a third nuclear bomb on the chamber’s procedure — completely eliminating the filibuster and allowing all legislation to pass with just a simple majority. Senate leaders have already gotten rid of the filibuster on executive and Supreme Court nominees, so why has the chamber avoided this final nuke on legislation? Senior editor David Hawkings explains.

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