Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Thursday that he was proposing a change to Senate rules that would get rid of the filibuster for most presidential nominations.
"It's time to change the Senate before this institution becomes obsolete," Reid said in a lengthy floor speech on Thursday morning.
Reid's proposed changes would eliminate filibusters on most judicial and executive branch nominees, but preserve the filibuster for Supreme Court picks. Reid is prepared to invoke the so-called "nuclear option" - which would change the rules by a simple majority vote, instead of 67 votes, according to leadership aides.
"These nominees deserve at least an up or down vote, yes or no," Reid said. "But Republican filibusters deny them a fair vote, any vote, and deny the president his team."
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