Harry Reid Is Going ‘Nuclear’ in July

The Senate is going to get rowdy in July if Harry Reid has his way. The Democrats’ majority leader is almost certain to exercise a drastic type of filibuster reform in July if Republicans keep blocking key White House nominations, an unnamed source tells The Washington Post’s Greg Sargent. Reid would invoke the so-called nuclear option, which would allow all judicial and executive nominations to pass the chambers with a straight majority vote rather than the current 60-vote threshold. But will he really pull the trigger this time?