CNNW Anderson Cooper 360 November 22, 2013
Senate did today matters if you care about who runs Government Agencies that touch your life or the courts or cabinet departments. All people nominated by the president and confirmed by the senate. Confirmation takes a simple majority, 51 votes. However, any senator can demand a higher threshold, supermajority of 60 votes. Today citing all the times the republicans have used that 60vote hurdle to block president ial nominees, the senate voted to take it off the table for all but Supreme Court nominees. Its called the Nuclear Option, really big deal, blows up the rules. Why did the democrats do...