Original sentence: Currently, Republicans hold 55 of 100 seats in the Senate and the Vice Presidency, and Democrats claim the nuclear option is an attempt by Senate Republicans to hand confirmation power to themselves.Rather than require the President to nominate Judges who get broad support from both parties in the Senate (60 out of 100 Senators), both opponents and supporters claim - with different emphasis - that the nuclear option would allow the President to nominate Judges supported only by 50 Senators plus the Vice President's tie-breaking vote
Edited sentence: Currently, Republicans hold 55 of 100 seats in the Senate, and Democrats claim the nuclear option is an attempt by Senate Republicans to hand confirmation power to themselves.Rather than require the President to nominate Judges who get broad support from both parties in the Senate (60 out of 100 Senators), both opponents and supporters claim - with different emphasis - that the nuclear option would allow the President to nominate partisan Judges supported only by 50 Republican Senators plus the Vice President