Warner regrets Harry Reid's filibuster change: 'I wish we wouldn't even have started this'
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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., said his own party is to blame as Republicans have mounted a filibuster to reject the effort to begin debate on the massive, bipartisan infrastructure bill – pointing out that Democratic leadership in the Senate were the ones in 2013 to enact the so-called “nuclear option.”
"I would wish we wouldn’t even have started this a decade ago. When the Democratic leaders actually changed the rules, I don’t think we would have the Supreme Court we did if we still had a 60-vote margin on the filibuster, but we are where we are," Warren told host Martha McCallum on "Fox News Sunday." "And the idea that somehow to protect the rights of the minority in the Senate, we’re going to cut out rights of minorities and young people all across the country – that’s just not right to me." Warner was referencing actions taken by former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, in 2013 to push through the so-called "nuclear option," which lowered the Senate vote threshold from 60 to just 51 votes to confirm most presidential nominations – except for the Supreme Court. Reid made the move after Senate Republicans mounted filibusters against several nominees brought by former President Barack Obama for the court of appeals, the Department of Defense and the National Labor Relations Board.More Related News