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Should these measures fail to deter filibuster abuse, the majority party could always invoke the nuclear option: "Courage to Stand: An American Story," by Tim Pawlenty.
He said that lobbyists from Washington made it clear that they would invoke "the nuclear option" and come down "like a ton of bricks".
Frustrated at the opposition, Republicans warned that they would invoke the "nuclear option" and change Senate rules to ban filibusters against executive branch nominations.
This, in turn, prompted Senate Democrats, led by Harry Reid, to invoke the "nuclear option" in late 2013, which barred filibusters on lower-court judges.
He put the kibosh on an effort by his GOP colleagues a few years back to invoke the nuclear option, for example.
Democrats wanted assurances that they would not lose the right to filibuster judges, particularly a Supreme Court nominee, and that Republicans would not invoke the nuclear option.
Reid had the power to invoke the nuclear option, and he did it; McConnell has the power to protect the Scalia seat, and he is doing it, at least until the next election.
Though changing the Senate's rules often need bipartisan support, Senate Republicans are planning to invoke the nuclear option to alter them unilaterally and have planned to do so since at least their January party retreat at Nationals Park.
If the Democrats invoke "the nuclear option", Mr McConnell says, all the delays and partisan wrangling of the past two years will look like "mere pillow fights" compared with the obstruction he would unleash in response.Two years ago two Democratic senators, Jeff Merkley and Tom Udall, led a drive to push the nuclear button.
