With the Republicans filibustering judicial nominee Goodwin Liu, the chairman of the California Democratic Party says it’s time for Senate Democrats to deploy the so-called nuclear option, according to a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid obtained by TPM.Former California State Sen. John Burton writes that if Republicans controlled the Senate — “God forbid” –they “would not hesitate to flush the sixty-vote procedure down the toilet.”
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