Sentences with phrase «called nuclear option»

In 2013, the Democrats enacted the so - called nuclear option, requiring 51 votes instead of 60 to clear executive branch and some judicial nominees.

Along the way, Senate tradition took a major hit as all 52 Republicans voted to invoke the so - called nuclear option, which makes it easier for Supreme Court nominees to be confirmed.

Washington (CNN)- In a rare, private meeting with nearly all 100 senators Monday night, the upper chamber failed to come up with a deal to avert the so - called nuclear option — a partisan threat by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that would eliminate filibusters for executive - branch nominees.

Trump was referring to the so - called nuclear option, whereby the Senate leader would change the chamber's rules to prevent Democrats from filibustering the nominee.

Not exact matches

The commission today took what was once called «the nuclear option» by reclassifying broadband Internet service providers (ISPs) as «telecommunication services» subject to regulation similar to the telephone monopolies of the last century.

The two bickered earlier this week about the so - called «nuclear option» Reid is considering that would dramatically change Senate rules in confirming Cabinet appointees, shifting the approval process to a simple majority vote in the Seante.

It comes following calls by the president for Republican lawmakers to immediately pass a border bill, even if it means using the «nuclear option» to muscle it through.

The nuclear option — throwing your excess SCOBY in the trash — feels especially wrong if you're in the habit of calling it a «mother.»

I devise a plan and call it «the nuclear option.»

Senate Democrats modified the rules of the Senate, invoking the nuclear option The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to invoke the so - called «nuclear option,» making it possible for Congress to confirm...

White House press secretary Sean Spicer chided the Democrats for setting a «dangerous precedent» by forcing a showdown over the so - called «nuclear» option.

On November 21, 2013, the Senate used the so - called «nuclear option», voting 52 - 48 — with all Republicans and three Democrats voting against — to eliminate the use of the filibuster on executive branch nominees and judicial nominees, except to the Supreme Court.

U.S. Senate Republicans deployed the so - called «nuclear option» and changed longstanding rules to clear the way for the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to serve on the Supreme Court, bypassing a precedent - breaking Democratic filibuster by allowing the nomination to go forward on a simple majority vote.

It depends on the nuclear option of voting a Tory minority government in (and / or voting to call a general election).

Gillibrand also reiterated Schumer's warning against using the so - called «nuclear option» to ram Gorsuch's confirmation through — that is, changing Senate rules to block use of the filibuster.

She anticipated that the GOP will utilize the so - called «nuclear option» — changing Senate rules to eliminate the filibuster — to install him on the bench.

Sure, this option is the nuclear option; an exercise in what Richard Nixon called the «mad man» approach to international diplomacy.

Ante is raised in Wisconsin as GOP cuts collective bargaining rights: Wisconsin Senate Republicans used what Democrats are calling «the nuclear option» Wednesday night, manuvering to pass a controversial bill stripping public employee unions of collective bargaining rights.

The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to invoke the so - called «nuclear option,» making it possible for Congress to confirm most judicial and executive nominees with just 51 votes (as opposed to the previous 61).

But Trump has urged GOP Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to use the so - called «nuclear option» — rewriting the rules to disallow a filibuster.

With what EPRI calls a «full» portfolio of technology options, including new nuclear, expanded wind power and carbon capture, the price of electricity in current dollars would climb by 80 percent in 2050.

DOC file has tricky problems that require what Smashwords calls the «Nuclear Option» — wiping out all the formatting & styles and starting from scratch.

Mark has already been called a chernobyl death denier by greens, for thinking nuclear is a good option, ie reduce coal CO2 emission build nuclear and has been critical of the reaction over Japan (ie Germany to close ALL nuclear down)

Drawing on case studies of past environmental debates such as those over acid rain and ozone depletion, science policy experts Roger Pielke Jr. and Daniel Sarewitz argue that once next generation technologies are available that make meaningful action on climate change lower - cost, then much of the argument politically over scientific uncertainty is likely to diminish.26 Similarly, research by Yale University's Dan Kahan and colleagues suggest that building political consensus on climate change will depend heavily on advocates for action calling attention to a diverse mix of options, with some actions such as tax incentives for nuclear energy, government support for clean energy research, or actions to protect cities and communities against climate risks, more likely to gain support from both Democrats and Republicans.

While nuclear energy is regarded as the lesser of the two evils when compared at an emission level to the burning of fossil - fuels, it may trump on the containment of the heat process, which burns in a contained nuclear reactor through an in - ward heat - chemical reaction called fission, but nuclear energy production is a chain from uranium mining to the toxic waste disposal and therefore as an entire process is an equally high risk environmental option.

The developers think that if the state is to reduce emissions by 80 percent by 2050, which AB32 calls for, then it must have clean baseload power and nuclear reactors are the best option.

The barista claims he pursued this nuclear option only after a number of complaints from customers and after trying to confirm that he had the «power as a Starbucks employee to pull the plug,» including «asking supervisors, calling managers, and even looking through the employee handbook (which not only said nothing about this act being against policy but actually explained how to do it) before cutting the public Wi - Fi.»

That effort was partially successful, but in the end the only real fix was the nuclear option — a so - called «hard fork» of the entire Ethereum blockchain.

President Donald Trump is calling for new border wall and immigration legislation, tweeting that moving to the «nuclear option» in the Senate is only way to muscle such a measure through Congress.

I guess we could call this version the «nuclear option».