Filibuster

Senate fails to strike deal on filibuster, showdown looms

Senate fails to strike deal on filibuster, showdown looms

David M. Drucker and Tim Mak · July 15, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is set for a showdown Tuesday over Republicansâ use of the filibuster to block presidential nominees. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

The week ahead: Senate faces filibuster showdown, House to vote on delaying Obamacare’s individual mandate

Susan Ferrechio · July 15, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reached a deal Tuesday to avert the "nuclear option." (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate leaders, White House negotiating deal to avoid ‘nuclear option’

David M. Drucker · July 15, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said senators would discuss a compromise proposal that could defuse the situation, and that the compromise had already received the support of a number of senators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

John McCain hints at progress in ‘nuclear option’ talks

Tim Mak · July 15, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky are engaged in a debate over the use of filibusters. (AP File)

Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell spar as %u2018nuclear option%u2019 looms

Steve Contorno · July 14, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, is concerned that Majority Leader Harry Reid will go through with threats to eliminate the minority's right to filibuster, at least in the case of nominations. (AP File)

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Byron York: Senate GOP braces for nuclear option

Byron York · July 14, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is threatening to change filibuster rules in a way that would help to place controversial nominees on the National Labor Relations Board. (Getty Images File)

Let’s walk back from the brink of nuking the Senate

Geoffrey Burr · July 14, 2013 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled privately to President Obama that he may change Senate rules this month so it would take only 51 votes â instead of the current 60 â to approve judicial and executive branch nominees. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid ready to ‘go nuclear’ if GOP blocks Obama nominees

Susan Ferrechio · July 12, 2013 4:00 am

Reid in 2005: ‘I Would Never, Ever Consider Breaking the Rules to Change the Rules’

Daniel Halper · July 11, 2013 4:47 pm

Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened Thursday to invoke the so-called ânuclear optionâ as early as Tuesday if Republicans continue to filibuster presidential nominees. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Harry Reid could invoke ‘nuclear option’ to end filibuster as early as Tuesday

Tim Mak · July 11, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said of a possible attempt by Democrats to curtail the filibuster, "I think it would bring the chamber to a screeching halt." (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

GOP threatens to bring Senate to ‘screeching halt’ over filibuster change

David M. Drucker · July 11, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Wednesday that he was not concerned about the precedent that Democrats would create by using the so-called nuclear option to limit filibusters. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

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Dem senator: No worry about precedent filibuster %u2018nuclear option%u2019 sets

Sean Higgins · July 10, 2013 4:00 am