WATCH: Nuclear option for Gorsuch unlikely, GOP reps say

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is unlikely to launch the legislative nuclear option to confirm Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, according to GOP lawmakers.

{mosads}”Every indication I get from the Senate is that the 60-vote threshold will stay,” says Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.), who is close to leadership.

President Trump can use the bully pulpit to take the fight to the 10 states he won by double digits where Democratic incumbents are up for reelection in 2018, adds Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas).

“This will be the first opportunity to see him in action on getting 60 votes in Senate using the bully pulpit of president, which I think Trump will take to an even higher level than anyone before,” Conaway said in an interview with The Hill’s Molly K. Hooper.