Senate Republicans are set to trigger the “nuclear option“ once again, the latest sign that the 60-vote threshold is going out of style.
With Republicans expected to change the Senate rules to slash debate time on President Donald Trump’s nominees this week, it will mark the third time the “nuclear option” — changing Senate rules by a simple majority — has been triggered in just six years.Each of those unilateral moves by a Senate majority to weaken the Senate’s age-old precedents centered on nominations, leaving the legislative filibuster and its 60-vote threshold unscathed.
“It’ll go down the road,” Senate Appropriations Chairman Richard Shelby said of the filibuster. “If the Democrats take control of the Senate and we’re in a strong minority then they’ll change it immediately.”Sign Up The latest change by Senate Majority Leader McConnell to cut debate time from 30 hours to two hours apiece for lower level executive nominees and District Court picks was, somewhat ironically, initially blocked by filibuster-wielding Democrats on Tuesday.
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