The Nuclear Option
McCain gets it, the others don't. How many times have I said that before?
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Frist... said he was determined to prevent Democrats from using the filibuster to block judicial nominations, as they did 10 times in the current Congress.
One possibility, he said, is what many call the "nuclear option," where a filibuster, which needs 60 votes to be broken, no longer will be allowed for judicial confirmations.
Democrats, who lost four seats in the election and will have 44 seats with one independent ally in 2005, say that would be an intolerable infringement on minority rights.
"That would end any hope of comity" in the coming Senate, said one Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record), D-N.Y.
Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), R-Ariz., said he was also worried about undercutting minority rights. "If I believed Republicans would be in the majority forever, I'd be more favorably disposed," McCain said.
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Frist... said he was determined to prevent Democrats from using the filibuster to block judicial nominations, as they did 10 times in the current Congress.
One possibility, he said, is what many call the "nuclear option," where a filibuster, which needs 60 votes to be broken, no longer will be allowed for judicial confirmations.
Democrats, who lost four seats in the election and will have 44 seats with one independent ally in 2005, say that would be an intolerable infringement on minority rights.
"That would end any hope of comity" in the coming Senate, said one Judiciary Committee member, Sen. Charles Schumer (news, bio, voting record), D-N.Y.
Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record), R-Ariz., said he was also worried about undercutting minority rights. "If I believed Republicans would be in the majority forever, I'd be more favorably disposed," McCain said.
posted by hellisotherpeople at 1:22 PM
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