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Senate GOP leader moves to lower filibuster threshold for Trump nominees through nuclear option

September 9, 2025

Late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) detonated the first Senate “nuclear option” in 2013, curbing the filibuster to confirm executive branch nominees – except for the Supreme Court. Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) ignited the second “nuclear option” in 2017 to confirm Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch, and lower the filibuster bar for nominations to the High Court. THUNE LAYS GROUNDWORK FOR NUCLEAR OPTION IN...

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