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GOP vows retaliation after Reid uses nuclear option in Senate
[The Hill]  Senate Republicans vow they will retaliate for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ... (D-Nev.) decision to unilaterally change the Senate's rules Thursday without prior warning or negotiation. Republican aides say their bosses will now be even more reluctant to allow the Senate to conduct routine business by unanimous consent, forcing Reid to gather 60 votes for even the most mundane matters. "Reid fired a major salvo and it's hard to imagine a return shot won't be fired. Maybe over the weekend they'll come up with something and try to make it less worse than it already is," said a Senate GOP leadership aide. Partisan anger hit a boiling point in the chamber this week after Republicans refused to allow final passage of a China currency bill unless Democrats voted on President B.O.'s jobs package, as originally drafted. Triggering what has come to be known as the chamber's "nuclear option," Reid overturned Senate precedent that allowed Republicans to force votes to proceed to non-germane amendments. He did so by voting with 50 of his fellow wardheelers to overturn a ruling by the Senate parliamentarian. Posted by: Fred 2011-10-09 |
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