Harry Reid Threatens To Go âNuclearâ On The GOP
January 22, 2013
After four years of the Republicans in the Senate waging an unprecedented campaign of obstruction by demanding that Democrats have at least 60 votes to pass
Republicans claim that 67 votes are necessary to change Senate rules, though both Republicans and Democrats have expressed the belief that 51 votes can effect rule changes. An aide to former Republican Majority Leader Bill Frist labeled this interpretation the âConstitutional option.â
Some question whether would Reid would ever really go ânuclear,â, knowing that the ill will it would create could seriously complicate Senate functioning while resulting in no dramatic reforms.