Will the GOP use 'Nuclear Option' to break filibuster by...?

Good luck getting Tillis, McConnell, Murkowski, Paul, Cornyn, Thune or Cassidy vote for this. Fair value would be like 1 % for this.

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The minute the Democrats filibuster a massive piece of GOP legislation in the new Congress, the base will demand it. I'm calling it by the end of Q1 2026.

Base been asking it for ages but they know if they do they will reap what they sow as soon as next election happens. It's best tool by both party to do as less as possible. Just keep taking their pay and try to make country last a few more years without having to think further

Bases of both parties have been calling for it for a while. Doesn't mean anything

The GOP might use the Nuclear Option to break the filibuster if gridlock deepens, but it would trigger major political backlash.

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The key Republican leadership in the Senate, including Majority Leader John Thune, have firmly stated that the votes aren't there and that they will not eliminate the filibuster.

The GOP might resort to the nuclear option if they feel stalled on key legislation, but it depends on the political climate and Senate control.

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The key Republican leadership in the Senate, including Majority Leader John Thune, have consistently and strongly rejected the idea. They argue that the filibuster is essential to the Senate and will protect them when the Democrats inevitably take power again.

The filibuster needs to be new the only reason not to Nuke it is because the politicians do not support the president and his policies it is as simple as that maga needs to make lots of noise to get this nuked

That’s why I know it’s going to get nuked. MAGA’s already starting to generate the noise. It can only go one way. It’ll be nuked by Christmas.

Filibuster needs to be nuked!! The only reason not to is because the politicians themselves do not want to do it f

It's unlikely that either the left or the right will fundamentally revert to their own populist tendencies.

GOP's aggressive nuclear option to dismantle the filibuster by mid-2026 is poised to ram through sweeping judicial confirmations, sidelining Democratic obstructionism in a high-stakes Senate showdown.

well I’m nearly all in here. good luck everyone

Wait I don't fully understand this. Is this a forced recess as demontrated as the third nuclear option in CGP grey's video supreme court shenanigans or something else?

The "nuclear option" refers to eliminating the filibuster rule to allow legislation to pass through the Senate with a simple majority. Hence the official rules

This refers to the US Senate "reinterpreting" the cloture rule to lower the vote threshold to a simple majority (~51) for certain matters. Currently, the threshold is 3/5 (~60) of Senators present and voting for most matters. The threshold for appointment confirmations has been lowered by way of the "Nuclear Option" to a simple majority. Reconciliation bills are not subject to the cloture rule at all.

Ok, so why not lower cloture for this singular vote, and then raise it again, cause rule changes only require 50%+1 votes? Is there a time limit or smth?

The thing is, if they remove the filibuster and reinstate it, it will set a precedent that in the future either party can do the same in order to pass legislation, rendering it meaningless.

Not if they codify after reinstating. Terminate it and then pass legislation that it can’t be removed again. Just like the nukes in Japan. Do it and then everyone can see the horror. Scares people from doing it again.