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Continuing an uneasy standoff with Republicans on filibusters of President Barack Obama’s nominees to the federal courts and to executive branch positions, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid indicated Tuesday he isn’t quite ready to pull the trigger on changing Senate rules to curb or abolish such filibusters.

A move by Reid to change Senate filibuster rules by a simple majority vote – sometimes called the “nuclear option” – would spark a major battle with Senate Republicans.

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