POS 4424 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Chicago Fire (Season 3), Nuclear Option, Congressional Research Service Reports
5 Apr 2017
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What is the nuclear option and why did harry reid invoke. Majority leader holds the right of first recognition by precedent. November 2013: reid uses right of first recognition to challenge cloture rule, force majority vote: mcconnell"s revenge, the amendment tree. Majority leader may use first recognition to fill the amendment tree . Preventing non germaine (and perhaps politically controversial) amendments to a measure from being offered or voted upon. Attempting to expedite overall senate consideration of legislation by limiting the overall number of amendments offered. Obtaining advantage in the negotiation of a unanimous consent request for the further consideration of a measure. Instituting some measure of leadership control over the subject. Before he took over as majority leader mm was a harsh critic of. Harry reid"s use of a parliamentary tactic to block amendments on the. The ky republican said it was an abuse of the chamber"s rules that stifled debate in the famously deliberative body.
