The Filibuster is Back

The Senate’s agreement “to approve President Obama’s nominees and avoid the ‘nuclear option‘ will expire later this week after senators are expected to vote in two new members to the National Labor Relations Board. That’s the last part of the deal that expedited seven of Obama’s picks, with the president agreeing to choose two NLRB nominees to satisfy Republicans,” Politico reports.

“But there’s already a queue forming of new Obama nominees, and Republicans aren’t about to lay down and let this group go through.”