Trump, filibuster and a shutdown
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"Terminate the filibuster, not just for the shutdown, but for everything else," Trump wrote Nov. 2 on Truth Social. He said Democrats would end the filibuster "immediately, as soon as they get the chance. Our doing it will not give them the chance."
U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, who is running to be Florida's next governor, called for U.S. Senate GOP leaders to end the filibuster.
The Senate failed for the 14th time to advance a bill to end the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history. Follow live updates here.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his support for the Senate filibuster, even as President Trump has pushed the upper chamber to use the so-called nuclear option to forgo it and reopen
President Trump let loose a volley of social-media posts that urged voters to support Republican candidates and demanded Senate Republicans terminate the filibuster to reopen the government and help his party’s chances in future elections.
WASHINGTON — Following a week of overseas diplomacy, President Donald Trump is reengaging with shutdown discussions by calling for Republicans to dispense with any diplomatic overtures to Democrats and deploy the "nuclear option" of ending the Senate filibuster.
President Donald Trump has demanded that Congressional Republicans use the “nuclear option” to unilaterally eliminate the filibuster and end the ongoing government shutdown.
President Trump is showing mounting frustration at his inability to win confirmation of U.S. attorneys in blue states or break the filibuster's grip on the Senate. The G.O.P. has been uncharacteristically uncooperative.
Trump’s sudden decision to assert himself into the shutdown debate — bringing the highly charged demand to end the filibuster — is certain to set the Senate on edge.
President Trump’s fresh push for Republicans to abandon the Senate filibuster is showing little sign of success, even as lawmakers struggle to find a way out of the ongoing government