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Republicans could have taken action without Democratic support because rule changes only needed a simple majority. However, such a move—referred to as a “nuclear option”—would have shown how politicized the conflict is. According to the article, a GOP working group was assigned to figure out the specifics.
The group’s chairman, Alabama GOP Sen. Katie Britt, stated, “Everyone had been talking through various options.” “One of the things that that process did was empower the committee process.”
