Reality Check w/ John Tracy: US Senate goes nuclear

Any hope you may have had that members of Congress can put their country before their party is about to be blown apart by the so-called “nuclear option”.
The floor of the House of Representatives has long reflected the Red Wedding in Game of Thrones. An unruly mass of ideologues who measure success, not so much on legislation passed, but legislation prevented.
Whereas the Senate historically has been a place where the adults work. In the best of times, it was where skilled lawma