OPINION: Trump wants Mitch McConnell to use the nuclear option. That's not going to happen.
Mitch McConnell,Nuclear Option,Government Shutdown,US Senate,Politics
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President Trump, following comments from a few Republican Senators, tweeted that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should move to change the Senate rules to require just a simple majority to move forward on legislation (the “nuclear option” to end the 60 vote threshold.)
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