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Senate Republicans just rammed through a rule that lets them pack the courts even faster
Mitch McConnell deployed the so-called nuclear option and blew up the Senate’s filibuster rule to push through the package
Senate Republicans just rammed through a rule to let them pack the courts even faster
Mitch McConnell deployed the so-called nuclear option and blew up the Senate’s filibuster rule to push through this package
The Senate Just Confirmed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court
The conservative judge was approved in a 54–45 vote.
Republicans Went 'Nuclear' to Put Neil Gorsuch on the Supreme Court
The vote paves the way for Trump's SCOTUS pick—and future nominees—to be approved without a 60-vote majority.
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How Supreme Court Nominations Turned the Senate into a 'Bar Fight'
The filibustering of Neil Gorsuch is just the latest in a long line of power struggles that are doing real damage to the government.
Here's what will happen if the Senate uses the "nuclear option"
Judge Neil Gorsuch's contentious nomination to the Supreme Court has set the Senate on the path to using the so-called nuclear option.