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2024-11-07 20:36:31 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C87322BDF598E2D1CA66D4AB1B5517617EAA6EAB0A4631E3BF6FCEEAFC954B30
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NNN. While Harry Reid did lower the threshold for judicial nominees, it did not apply to Supreme Court nominees specifically. Mitch McConnell again lowered the threshold in 2017 during the nomination of Neil Gorsuch. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/republicans-go-nuclear-bust-through-democratic-filibuster-on-gorsuch https://www.npr.org/2017/04/06/522847700/senate-pulls-nuclear-trigger-to-ease-gorsuch-confirmation
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