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The Filibuster Fight

Frustrated by the Democrats' efforts to block floor votes on President Bush's most controversial judicial nominees, the Senate Republican leadership is threatening to change the Senate's rules to prevent the filibustering of judicial nominations. The change to Senate rules would end the practice of requiring 60 votes to end the debate of a nomination.

Analysis

Filibuster Deal Evaded Key Question on High Court Nominees

The fragile compromise that averted a Senate showdown over judicial filibusters deliberately left unanswered the crucial issue likely to be at the heart of a debate over a future Supreme Court vacancy: Can Democrats filibuster a nominee on the grounds that he or she is too conservative without triggering the "nuclear option"?

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