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By AndrewHyman Posted in Senate Rules — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

The CFJ website has the full text of this encouraging article from Congressional Quarterly:

Senate Republicans appear to be closing ranks behind Majority Leader Bill Frist on the sensitive subject of using the "nuclear option" to stop Democratic filibusters of judicial nominees. On Wednesday, Sen. Pete V. Domenici, R-N.M., an influential senior lawmaker, came out firmly behind Frist's efforts. Domenici's declaration helped give Rules Committee Chairman Trent Lott - Frist's point man on the issue - the confidence to declare that the majority party has enough votes to force the president's nominees to the floor for up-or-down votes.