“Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) brushed off Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) threats earlier this year to eliminate the filibuster entirely if and when he comes to power, should Democrats invoke the nuclear option. “Let him do it,” Reid told reporters in response to a question from TPM at a press conference after Democrats took the historic step Thursday to end filibusters for executive and non-Supreme Court judicial nominees. Earlier in June, the when Democrats threatened to go nuclear (but never pulled the trigger), McConnell warned that if this majority weakens the filibuster for nominees, his Republican majority would end it for legislation…”.* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from SAHIL KAPUR: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/reid-if-mcconnell-wants-to-ends-the-filibuster-let-him-do-it
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