The 'nuclear option' has been averted

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24-05-2005, 07:25

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Re: The 'nuclear option' has been averted

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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.

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."

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