New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand holds a news conference Tuesday on her push for reforms to remove the chain of command from cases involving sexual assaults in the military. The discussion comes one day after Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Rand Paul threw their support behind Gillibrand's legislation
In The New York Times opinion page: the Times Editorial Board believes the filibuster reforms considered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are "modest". Frank Bruni knocks the "pointless gridlock" in the upper chamber.