Jan 4, 2022 · Back in 2013, frustrated by Senate Republicans’ blockade of then-President Barack Obama’s judicial nominees, Reid changed the filibuster rules to not apply to federal judgeships below the...

Jan 8, 2015 · After a full year of threats, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Thursday finally moved to scrap the Senate's arcane filibuster rules for some presidential nominations, a historic...

Jan 12, 2022 · The GOP turned an arcane procedural issue into a national crusade, ginning up partisan fervor against the filibuster. Reid, then the Senate minority leader, was determined to save it.

Dec 30, 2021 · In 2019, Reid wrote an op-ed headlined "The Filibuster Is Suffocating the Will of the American People" in The New York Times, calling on the Senate, where he once led...

Oct 1, 2020 · Democrats led by Sen. Harry Reid ended the filibuster for non-SCOTUS nominees, but the GOP under Sen. Mitch McConnell eliminated it for SCOTUS picks.

Dec 30, 2021 · Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, pictured in 2007, limited the use of the filibuster in 2013 — and urged Democrats to end it altogether a few months before he died Tuesday at 82.

Nov 21, 2013 · WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., pushed through a controversial change to Senate rules Thursday that will make it easier to approve President Obama's nominees but...

Nov 21, 2013 · Democrats, led by Reid and Sen. Jeff Merkley, have been pushing back into debate the question of amending the Senate rules through a majority vote in order to stop the ability of the minority party to block nominees through a filibuster.

Aug 12, 2019 · Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday called for abolishing the legislative filibuster, citing unprecedented gridlock in the Senate.

Nov 21, 2013 · After years of threats and warnings, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and his Democratic majority on Thursday executed the “nuclear option” to eliminate the filibuster for executive...