That tactic could have prompted Republicans to respond with the so-called nuclear option, a rules change permanently barring judicial filibusters.

They want to invoke the so-called nuclear option and get rid of the 150-year-old tradition in order to ram through more right-wing judges.

Both sides have agreed in principle on the so-called zero option, eliminating from European territory American and Soviet missiles with a range over 600 miles.

Most are based on so-called over-the-counter options, which are usually sold to institutions by investment banks and commercial banks.

Here are several of the most significant changes, which followed President Reagan's first proposal of the so-called zero option in 1981.

Among the proposals Republicans are floating is the so-called nuclear option.

There are qualified options, so-called because they "qualified" for tax-favored status.

One thing we should exclude from this debate at all costs - and let there be no doubt about this - is the so-called military option.

Don't forget they could take the so-called "nuclear option" and modify the senate rules with a simple majority to allow a simple majority instead of 2/3rds.

He has promoted this so-called "nuclear option" even though he himself once helped to filibuster a Clinton judicial nominee.