The new rule, established by the GOP on party lines, will enable them to confirm Trump nominees in groups, rather than individually. It's the latest move to erode minority powers.
It doesn’t, but the media is too uncreative to come up with a new moniker for allowing batch action on nominees, so they reused “nuclear option” even though that was previously about the filibuster.
When you think about it for a second, saying “nuclear option” to discuss the actions of the government in charge of the worlds largest arsenal of planet-ending nuclear weapons is a hell of a phrase to just use casually like this.
It doesn’t, but the media is too uncreative to come up with a new moniker for allowing batch action on nominees, so they reused “nuclear option” even though that was previously about the filibuster.
When you think about it for a second, saying “nuclear option” to discuss the actions of the government in charge of the worlds largest arsenal of planet-ending nuclear weapons is a hell of a phrase to just use casually like this.
It’s was also about appointments, happened in 2016 when repubs were refusing to confirm Obama’s cebtrist judges