nuclear option
n.— «Republicans have hinted ominously to some “nuclear” option for breaking the judicial logjam some time after Easter.» —“Senate panel OKs Owen for judgeship” by Charles Hurt Washington Times (D.C.) Mar. 28, 2003. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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