Harry Reid Hints At More Filibuster Reforms If GOP Obstruction Keeps Up

SAHIL KAPUR – MAY 20, 2014, 10:58 AM EDT

Six months after he triggered a historic change to the Senate rules, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) on Tuesday suggested further weakening the filibuster if Republicans continue to force delays on presidential nominees.

He said the GOP has "handcuffed" law enforcement by preventing speedy confirmation of Justice Department appointees.

"We have two assistant attorney generals they're holding up," Reid said on the Senate floor. "Eric Holder called me yesterday and said, 'Is there anything that can be done to help me?' So, again, I'll have to file cloture on these. ... I don't plan on changing the rules today again, but how much longer can we put up with this? Even law enforcement officers -- even law enforcement officers, as I've indicated here, they're holding them up for no reason."

"It's hard to fathom that the work of Attorney General Eric Holder is being recklessly hampered by Republican obstruction," he said. "You don't hear people coming down here giving speeches about what horrible people the president selected to be the U.S. Attorney in Connecticut, Louisiana, and New Mexico. Not a word. They just hide behind their obstruction."

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