Nuclear 2.0: Filibuster Reformers Crave More Senate Rules Changes

Three months after Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) triggered the so-called nuclear option to kill the filibuster for most presidential nominations, the Senate remains in a logjam. And the liberal activists who incubated filibuster reform are pushing Democrats to capitalize on that victory and further weaken the minority party's ability to obstruct.

Next on the wish-list of the Fix The Senate Now coalition: scrapping mandatory delays for confirming judges and requiring a "talking filibuster" for senators seeking to block nominations or legislation. They also want Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to nix a courtesy -- called the "blue slip" -- that lets senators single-handedly block a home state judicial nominee from coming up in committee.

"Further reforms are absolutely under consideration among both rank and file and leadership," a top aide to Reid told TPM.

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