Trump’s calls to scrap Senate filibuster reach a fever pitch

President Donald Trump repeatedly demanded that the Senate scrap its filibuster rule on Sunday, a call that has become more urgent as the government shutdown continues with no end in sight. Trump previously called for the canceling of the filibuster last week,

Trump calls for Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster rule and end the 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.

How the Senate filibuster works and what advocates and critics say about it

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 makes another desperate plea to Senate Republicans after huge election losses

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.
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Trump: Democrats likelier to win midterms, White House if GOP doesn’t end filibuster

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

As shutdown drags on, filibuster shows how “both parties have been hypocritical”

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”
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