Majority Cloture for Nominations: Implications and the "Nuclear" Proceedings

[摘要] This report explains the procedural context within which the precedent was set and addresses the precedent's effects on floor consideration of nominations (as well as noting other potential effects on the nominations process). In addition, since the parliamentary circumstances under which the precedent was set fall within proceedings often called the "nuclear option," the report concludes by briefly noting the precedent's relevance for future proposals to alter or reinterpret Senate rules through the establishment of new precedent.

[发布日期] 2013-12-06 [发布机构] Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

[关键词] Constitutional torts;Senate rules and procedure;Legislation