Senate adopts new rules for confirming most presidential nominees.
Filibuster Reform,Nuclear Option,US Senate,Politics
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A bitterly divided Senate voted Thursday to eliminate filibusters for most Presidential nominees, a momentous and politically risky step that limits the ability of Republicans to block President Obama's choices for executive-branch and most judicial posts.
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