CNN pushes filibuster reform following Harry Reid's death

CNN journalist Jim Acosta used the news of former Senate Leader Harry Reid’s death to discuss the need to eliminate the filibuster.

Most notably, Reid invoked the "nuclear option" in 2013 to eliminate the filibuster on executive branch nominees and judicial nominees other than to the Supreme Court. This allowed Senate members to vote on presidential nominees on a simple majority rather than the 60-vote minimum previously.

The subject of the filibuster came up CNN’s "Newsroom" as Jim Acosta discussed Reid’s death with former New York congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman.