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Booker, Menendez vote yes on historic “nuclear option”

Booker, Menendez vote yes on historic “nuclear option” (via NJ.com)

New Jersey’s two senators were among 52 votes in the upper chamber today in favor of the so-called “nuclear option” eliminating the filibuster and allowing a simple majority to approve executive and judicial branch appointments. The ‘majority rules’…

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Posted: November 22nd, 2013 | Author: | Filed under: News, NJNewsCommons, U.S. Senate | Tags: , , , | 14 Comments »