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The 2013 “nuclear option” changed Senate precedent so most presidential nominations — broadly — could be advanced to confirmation by a simple majority rather than the 60‑vote cloture threshold, while ...
The 2013 Senate rule change—commonly called the “nuclear option”—reduced the cloture threshold for most presidential nominations from 60 votes to a simple majority, and it immediately . Analysts and c...
The 2013 “nuclear option” ended the Senate’s ability to sustain filibusters against most presidential nominees by requiring only a , directly enabling confirmation of previously blocked nominees, nota...