HUFFINGTON POST: The Senate edged closer to a historic showdown over presidential appointments Monday night, with Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) prepared to launch the so-called nuclear option after a rare all-senator meeting produced no compromise, but an agreement to keep talking.
“We had a very good conversation, that conversation is going to continue tonight,” Reid said after the 3 1/2-hour meeting…
One senator said that many of the Democrats told their counterparts in the chamber that “we’d rather fix this. We’d rather fix it without a rule change. It was fixed without a rule change in 2005 because Democrats agreed not to filibuster.” It was clear, the senator said, that “folks want their to be a resolution short of a rules change.” … (more)
