“Republicans are pouting,” Reid said on the floor Tuesday.

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Democrats Eye ‘Nuclear Option’ Redux

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid raised the specter of another “nuclear” rules confrontation with the GOP if Republicans don’t stop their delaying tactics on nominations.

“I’m not interested in changing the rules now. But now is a relative term,” the Nevada Democrat told reporters Tuesday.

A senior Senate Democratic aide said Democrats would “very seriously consider” changes if they retain the majority, including using the “nuclear option” to change the rules on a simple majority vote. Senate rules require a two-thirds majority to change the rules, but Democrats pushed through a rules change last year eliminating the 60-vote threshold for all nominations except those for the Supreme Court. They did so by overturning the ruling of the chairman with a simple majority vote.

“Republicans are pouting,” Reid said on the floor Tuesday. “They are saying, ‘Aw, they changed the rules to get these judges done so we are going to agree to nothing,’ and they have agreed to nothing, including things we used to do just as a matter of fact.”


read: http://blogs.rollcall.com/wgdb/democrats-eye-nuclear-option-redux/

[AceAcme]

1. Republican poutrage extends far and wide

Republicans are so juvenile, not just around nominations, but on so many issues facing the nation. Here's a relevant poutrage toon:

[yeoman6987]

2. We better keep the Senate in November

That is all we need is to have these rules in place with the crazies get in. I know we have President Obama to "shield" some of it, but it still will not be pretty. Go Vote!!!!!

[Gore1FL]

3. They'd do it on their own anyways if they got the majority no matter what Reid does now. n/t