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"Not everyone likes that because it would make it harder for us to confirm judges and it would make it harder for us to confirm executive appointments in each administration," Sinema said. "But I believe that if we did restore it, we would see more of that middle ground in all parts of our governance, which is what, I believe, our forefathers intended."
The 60-vote threshold for non-Supreme Court judicial nominations and executive branch nominees was ended when then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Democrats invoked the so-called "nuclear option" in 2013, The Hill noted.
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"While it is frustrating as a member of the minority in the United States Senate — and equally as frustrating in the majority, because you must have 60 votes to move forward — that frustration represents solely the short-term angst of not getting what you want," Sinema said. "We shouldn't get everything we want in the moment because later, upon cooler reflection, you recognize that it has probably gone too far."
"Not everyone likes that because it would make it harder for us to confirm judges and it would make it harder for us to confirm executive appointments in each administration," Sinema said. "But I believe that if we did restore it, we would see more of that middle ground in all parts of our governance, which is what, I believe, our forefathers intended."
The 60-vote threshold for non-Supreme Court judicial nominations and executive branch nominees was ended when then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Democrats invoked the so-called "nuclear option" in 2013, The Hill noted.
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"While it is frustrating as a member of the minority in the United States Senate — and equally as frustrating in the majority, because you must have 60 votes to move forward — that frustration represents solely the short-term angst of not getting what you want," Sinema said. "We shouldn't get everything we want in the moment because later, upon cooler reflection, you recognize that it has probably gone too far."