Reid triggers ‘nuclear option’ to change rules, prohibit filibusters

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http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/186133-reid-triggers-nuclear-option-to-change-senate-rules-and-prohibit-post-cloture-filibusters

I am not in fron of a TV, but I think this is happening right now. Twitter is a-tweet with comments from the Congress journalists. For instance, just a few minutes ago, from the WP congress blogger

2chambers Felicia Sonmez
Reid shoots back, in a dig at McConnell: "Let's get back to legislating as we did before the mantra around here was, 'Defeat Obama.'"

But I am too tired to be able to follow and understand exactly what's happening. If some Senate geek out there can explain in plain English, it would be much appreciated.