Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., on Thursday rejected a GOP push to change Senate rules with a simple-majority vote to expedite confirmation of President Donald Trump’s stalled nominees, The Hill reported.
Tillis said he wouldn’t back such a change even amid more than 160 pending Trump candidates, many of whom have been delayed by Democrat procedural tactics.
“I just generally don’t go nuclear,” he said, referring to the maneuver known as the “nuclear option” — using a simple majority to establish new precedents instead of adhering to the typical 67-vote threshold required to change Senate rules.
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