The “nuclear” showdown in the Senate has split the chamber’s most senior Republicans over how bad the fallout will be. Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), shown here at a rally for President Trump in Nashville, worries about blowing up Senate filibuster rules on legislation. We all understand that’s what makes the Senate the Senate,” he told reporters Tuesday. He recounted how, after Democrats first triggered the nuclear option to end filibusters on most nominees, the Senate practically stopped working. McConnell was then told about McCain’s sense that only a “stupid idiot” could say this was a good thing for the Senate.

Source: Washington Post April 05, 2017 20:14 UTC