Senate Majority Leader John Thune's stance on the filibuster remains "unchanged," a spokesman said, despite President Trump's call for the Senate to invoke the "nuclear option" to end the government shutdown.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune promised after last year's election that the legislative filibuster, which requires 60 votes for most bills to advance, wouldn't be altered on his watch.

Congressional Republicans are pushing back on calls from the White House to end the filibuster so that Republicans don't need the help of Democrats to pass a bill to reopen the government. CBS News' Lindsey Reiser explains what the filibuster is,

Trump urged Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) last week to eliminate the filibuster — a procedure that allows senators to delay or block votes on legislation by extending debate. Trump initially said he wanted GOP senators to get rid of the procedure to reopen the government.

President Trump on Tuesday ramped up his calls for Senate Republicans to do away with the filibuster, warning that failing to do so would increase the chances of Democrats taking control of

Senate Democrats who had pushed vociferously for the filibuster’s elimination just four years ago are using it to try to force a Republican compromise on President Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”