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Rep. Mel Watt, D-NC., waves during the announcement of his nomination to head the Federal Housing Finance Authority, in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on May 1. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Senate confirms Mel Watt to head federal housing agency

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid didn't let Tuesday's
Beltway Confidential

Snow day or no, Senate confirms first nominee since ‘nuclear option’ invoked

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Nobody wins when you go nuclear on filibusters
Columnists

Nobody wins when you go nuclear on filibusters

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Senate Majority Leaders Chuck Schumer, Harry Reid, Patty Murray, and Dick Durbin held a press conference on Thursday, after the Senate pushed through the nuclear option to change Senate rules that will eliminate most filibusters. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)
Economy

The week ahead in economics: Nuclear option fallout, housing and consumer confidence

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Sen. Jerry Moran, executive director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, warned roughly 500 of the committee's top donors Monday that recent changes to the Senate's filibuster rules could hurt the economy and threaten energy and financial services sectors in particular.
Economy

Republican Senate candidates look to capitalize on Harry Reid’s ‘nuclear option’

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Analysis: Dems reach breaking point on filibusters
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Analysis: Dems reach breaking point on filibusters

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's recent decision to scrap the filibuster is the culmination of a long escalation of partisan tensions in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Columnists

‘Because … he is Latino’: The glorious history of the Democrats’ filibuster fight

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On Thursday, President Obama announced his support of Senate Democrats decision to change the rules on the filibuster, pointing out that it was the right thing to do to keep the government working. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

VIDEO: The Obama-Joe Biden filibuster hypocrisy supercut

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Senate Democrats on Thursday rewrote the chamber's filibuster rule. (AP Photo)
Politics

Senate Democrats expected to quickly confirm a wave of Obama’s long-stalled nominees

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The New York Times editorial Friday praises Senate Democrats for ending the Senate filibuster on Thursday, but that wasn't the case when Republicans considered the idea in 2005. (AP Photo)
Beltway Confidential

Then and now: The hilarious hypocrisy of New York Times editorials on the filibuster

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