Sentences with phrase «nuclear option of»

If, at the end of the day, government can not abide the constitutional invalidation of one of its laws, the nuclear option of the notwithstanding clause always exists.

Yet Mrs May can not be sure what would happen if Ms Sturgeon reached for the nuclear option of an referendum demand.

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

It also would be hard to believe the owners would exercise the nuclear option of a lock out, knowing the bad press and public relations poison would have financial repercussions.

Not exact matches

Though these events are unlikely to trigger the last - ditch option of nuclear war, let alone a blast in your neighborhood, they are very concerning.

You choose the nuclear option: you get rid of your health insurance plans altogether and feed your employees to the state health «exchanges,» where they must buy their own insurance.

Appearing after Reid, McConnell — who was part of a Republican - led majority that threatened «nuclear option» reform in 2005 — said that Reid and Democrats were overreacting to a few controversial appointees.

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.

Scrapping the filibuster, known in political circles as the «nuclear option,» would require McConnell to wrangle a majority of senators to vote to suspend the rule.

The report mentions that the explosion would have caused significant flooding in Kent, but that the nuclear option would be «100 per cent effective» at ensuring «totally irreversible total collapse, rupture [of] tunnel and seabed to cause total flooding and complete collapse of part of tunnel.»

The first reference to that extreme plan was made in 1959 when the MoD warned that nuclear weapons had rendered the tunnel vulnerable but that it also provided the UK with a good option in terms of defence.

He wouldn't address the question of whether there are military options available to the US that don't risk an escalation into nuclear war with North Korea.

«It's the nuclear option,» said Jeffrey Neiman, a lawyer in Florida who was one of the lead prosecutors on the federal government's initial 2009 case against UBS's Swiss bank.

The only way to prevent this data sharing is to exercise the «nuclear option» of turning off all app functionality.

He does raise «tariffs or quantitative limitations» as a sort of nuclear option if all else fails to contain China.

Various media said Trump was considering detonating the trade equivalent of a nuclear option — an executive order to withdraw from the trade agreement, which would instill fear in members of Congress, industry and Canadian and Mexican trade negotiators.

... Congress must immediately pass Border Legislation, use Nuclear Option if necessary, to stop the massive inflow of Drugs and People.

DEMS HAVE CONTROL OF 2 BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT, REID MADE SURE WITH THE NUCLEAR OPTION THE CAN OVERRIDE EVERYTHING ELSE!

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

Note that when Harry Reid used the nuclear option, the rule change only used a simple majority of votes.

There is always the threat of changing the rules (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...

In October of 2011, Harry Reid trigger the Nuclear Option.

While browsing through a FiveThirtyEight's interactive article, Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump, I came across the Senate vote on whether to trigger the «nuclear option».

There are numerous examples of the Senate being able to circumvent the rule directly that requires 60 votes to end a filibuster, and the threat to expand the nuclear option to other areas.

While the scope of the Nuclear Option was relatively limited (only federal judge appointments I believe), there is nothing stopping it from being expanded upon by the current majority power.

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.

Michael Gove's appearance in front of the EU justice sub-committee saw him admit outright that the government has no intention of pursuing the nuclear options it had once boasted of.

And lastly...... there is the Liberal Democrat nuclear option: that's you speeding down the motorway with a beautiful Russian blonde perched on your lap, and a «herbal cigarette» the size of a baby's arm between your lips.

Yet, both the «nuclear» option of cutting assistance for good and the «wait - and - see» option might similarly lead to a point of «no return» for Moldovan rapprochement with the EU considering the likely outcome of the November 2018 elections.

A report commissioned by two environmental groups shows that low - carbon options will be ready to replace the more than 2,000 megawatts of power lost by the closure of New York's Indian Point nuclear power plant in four years.

And there has been a significant change in recent years that limits even the Legislature's capability of delay — Paterson's «nuclear option,» in which unpalatable policy proposals are placed into extender bills, forcing the Legislature to choose between accepting the governor's ideas and shutting down the government.

Although Ghana has no military use of its nuclear assets, options for scientific research into modern nuclear propelled submarine and aircraft carrier ships, design and development of same technology and its transfer from partner OECD for its military use are imminent.

Continuation of international sanction also seems a poor option, as previous sets of sanctions have not curbed Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

The federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear weapons stockpile is expected this week to release a report on the best site option for the United States as it looks to ramp up production of the plutonium cores that trigger nuclear warheads.

The Lib Dems are staunchly opposed to new nuclear energy and negotiated an option to abstain on the issue as part of the coalition agreement.

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.

The administration policy will prolong the life of nuclear facilities for a few years, to serve as a bridge to the cleaner - energy options.

Likening the conflict to a war, he says he can always use the «nuclear option» of resignation.

Questioned by Sir Menzies on the issue in the Commons last week, the prime minister said times had changed since the 2003 energy white paper described nuclear energy as an unattractive option in terms of cost and waste.

The «nuclear option» is a last - resort, break - in - case - of - emergency way for the majority party in the Senate to overcome obstruction by the minority.

While the scope of the Nuclear Option was relatively limited (only federal judge appointments I believe), there is nothing...

Having a stockpile of a wide variety of nuclear weapons gives a state a much wider range of option not only if but how they want to perform a nuclear strike.

Those are the practical impacts from the nuclear option Senate Democrats approved to end filibusters of most presidential nominations and appointments.

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.

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This is why the only nuclear attack I believe has any probability of materializing in current times is Israel's Samson Option, but some level of conventional war would have to happen prior to this.

The health secretary has taken the «nuclear option» of imposing his new contract terms on junior doctors.

Launching his campaign in Brixton, he said he was considering a range of options to reduce congestion, from the «nuclear option» of banning all cars from central London to increasing the daily congestion charge to # 20.