Friday, November 18, 2016

Do Democrats regret the 'nuclear option' now that Trump will be president? - CNNPolitics.com

Do Democrats regret the 'nuclear option' now that Trump will be president? - CNNPolitics.com
"They triggered the nuclear option which -- over the objections of Republicans -- lowered the threshold to overcome a filibuster from 60 to 51 votes."
The Republicans have 52 votes now. The dems were told at the time that doing this would come back to haunt them and well, so it has.