Reid Hints He May Go 'Nuclear' Again

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Channel: Roll Call · 2014 · News & Politics

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On the morning of his Republican counterpart's primary back home in Kentucky, Majority Leader Harry Reid said he would not change the Senate's rules in Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's absence. But McConnell might well be advised to be prepared for another floor standoff over consideration of nominations. 

"I don't plan on changing the rules today again, but how much longer can we put up with this?" the Reid, D-Nev., said during opening remarks Tuesday on the Senate floor. "Even law enforcement officers ... even law enforcement officers, as I've indicated here, they're holding them up for no reason."

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