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Nominee was blocked. i was part of the nuclear committee. i wanted to deploy the harry reed nuclear option because i think actually the rules -- the way harry reed interpreted them is right. the senate filibuster rule does not apply to executive no, ma'am nags. the rule is very clear. it says legislative calendar. nominations are on the executive calendar. it's actually a separate calendar. the rule, as written, never in my mind -- it was always custom that they applied it to a nominee, but it never actually did. what harry reed did was went out and said we're going to apply it to all nominati...
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