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Originally Posted by KenWittlief
nothing significant would have happened. The democrates called changing the fillabuster rules 'the nuclear option' for dramatic effect.
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Do your research man, Trent Lott (R-Miss.) coined the phrase.
LA Times (03/16/05): "Such a ploy is considered so politically explosive within the Senate that when it was first proposed in 2003,
Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.), a former majority leader, described it as the "nuclear option."