News from The Hill By Alexander Bolton: Reid triggers nuclear option to change Senate rules and prohibit post-cloture filibusters

News from The Hill: Reid triggers nuclear option to change Senate rules and prohibit post-cloture filibusters  By Alexander Bolton  In a shock development Thursday evening, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) triggered a rarely-used procedural option informally called the “nuclear option” to change the Senate rules. The surprise move stunned Republicans, who did not expect Reid to bring heavy artillery to what had appeared to have been a hum-drum legislative knife fight. Read the complete story here. For all the latest news: Visit TheHill.com  Follow @TheHill on Twitter Like The Hill on Facebook

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