The Democrats' stated motivation for this change was expansion of filibustering by Republicans during the Obama administration, in particular blocking three nominations to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Republicans had asserted that the D.C. Circuit was underworked,[38] and also cited the need for cost reduction by reducing the number of judges in that circuit.[39] At the time of the vote, 59 executive branch nominees and 17 judicial nominees were awaiting confirmation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option#Rationale_for_change
Thanks for the reminder. I shouldn't have had to ask.
It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”