Senate GOP Rejects “Nuclear Option” As Shutdown Negotiations Continue
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Sun, 01/21/2018
Update: That didn’t take long…
Bloomberg is reporting that, according to an aide to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Republicans are opposing invoking the nuclear option, something President Trump urged them to do in a tweet this morning.
Meanwhile, Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters that House Republicans would support a bill that would kick the can to Feb. 8 if the Senate can pass it. While Republicans have picked up a few Democratic votes, they don’t have nearly enough to overcome a filibuster, something that requires 60 votes.
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