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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reached a deal Tuesday to avert the
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Senate leaders, White House negotiating deal to avoid ‘nuclear option’

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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said senators would discuss a compromise proposal that could defuse the situation, and that the compromise had already received the support of a number of senators. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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John McCain hints at progress in ‘nuclear option’ talks

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky are engaged in a debate over the use of filibusters. (AP File)
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Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell spar as %u2018nuclear option%u2019 looms

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Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, is concerned that Majority Leader Harry Reid will go through with threats to eliminate the minority's right to filibuster, at least in the case of nominations. (AP File)
Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Senate GOP braces for nuclear option

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is threatening to change filibuster rules in a way that would help to place controversial nominees on the National Labor Relations Board. (Getty Images File)
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Let’s walk back from the brink of nuking the Senate

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., signaled privately to President Obama that he may change Senate rules this month so it would take only 51 votes — instead of the current 60 — to approve judicial and executive branch nominees. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Harry Reid ready to ‘go nuclear’ if GOP blocks Obama nominees

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Reid in 2005: ‘I Would Never, Ever Consider Breaking the Rules to Change the Rules’
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Reid in 2005: ‘I Would Never, Ever Consider Breaking the Rules to Change the Rules’

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Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., threatened Thursday to invoke the so-called “nuclear option” as early as Tuesday if Republicans continue to filibuster presidential nominees. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Harry Reid could invoke ‘nuclear option’ to end filibuster as early as Tuesday

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Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., said of a possible attempt by Democrats to curtail the filibuster,
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GOP threatens to bring Senate to ‘screeching halt’ over filibuster change

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Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said Wednesday that he was not concerned about the precedent that Democrats would create by using the so-called nuclear option to limit filibusters. (AP/Charles Dharapak)
Beltway Confidential

Dem senator: No worry about precedent filibuster %u2018nuclear option%u2019 sets

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