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Watch Harry Reid Call for the Nuclear Option in 2013

Name: Watch Harry Reid Call for the Nuclear Option in 2013
Uploaded: 2017-04-03T17:36:49.000Z
Duration: 1 min 30 s
Description: Then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said the country “has wasted an unprecedented amount of time on procedural hurdles and partisan obstruction.” The Senate approved the rule change, which removed the use of filibusters on all presidential nominations, except for the Supreme Court.

Then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said the country “has wasted an unprecedented amount of time on procedural hurdles and partisan obstruction.” The Senate approved the rule change, which removed the use of filibusters on all presidential nominations, except for the Supreme Court.