CNN Erin Burnett OutFront July 15, 2013 23:31:00
It would change the vote. harry reid has been threatening to go nuclear in order to get stalled presidential nominees confirmed. our contributor says the filibuster has been abused and when he pulled the numbers, this looks pretty stark. he notes it was invoked to just 35 times in its first 50 years compared to more than 100 over the past two years. the hunger strike at guantanamo bay continues as of tonight, 81 detainees are in the strike. that's a drop from 102 detainees on friday. 45 of those on strike are being force fed. the decline in the number of people on hunger strike, you may say ...