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Senate Dems weaken GOP power with major filibuster rule change

Published November 21, 2013
FoxNews.com


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Nov. 19, 2013: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington.AP



Senate Democrats bowled over Republicans on Thursday to win approval for a highly controversial rule change which would limit the GOP's ability to block nominees, in a move Republicans called a "raw power grab."

"It's a sad day in the history of the Senate," Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said after the vote.