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The Nuclear Option

Remember how much Republicans hated the filibuster when they were in the majority? We’ll since becoming the minority they’ve used it more times than any congress ever. I’m going to be writing about this in the magazine soon, so don’t want to say too much more, but the filibuster is a serious impediment to progressive change.

Christopher Hayes is the Washington, D.C. Editor of The Nation.

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