Chip Roy Floats Nuclear Option on Senate Filibuster to End Shutdown

Some Republican Senators Entertain Nuking the Filibuster to End the Shutdown

Three weeks into shutdown gridlock, some Senate Republicans are expressing openness to a controversial solution: nuking the filibuster.“I know that’s being discussed,” Sen. Susan Collins, the chair of the Appropriations Committee, told NOTUS. “I am a strong supporter of the filibuster, but obviously I’ll look at any plan that anyone puts out in order to reopen the government.”That Collins, while not a fan of the idea, is leaving the door open to…

Chip Roy suggests GOP dropping 'nuclear option' on Dem shutdown resisters · American Wire News

Democrats’ failure to budge on their government shutdown had one Republican congressman suggesting it was time to consider taking the “nuclear option.” “… I think we’re just being beholden to a broken system right now.” Even after holding out for their base to hold their “No Kings” cry-fest demonstrations across the country Saturday, Senate Democrats once again refused to sign onto a funding package, sending the shutdown into a fourth week. Whil…

Chip Roy becomes latest lawmaker to defy leadership on ‘nuclear option’

Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) on Monday became the latest Republican to flirt with invoking the “nuclear option” to end the gridlock in the Senate that has catapulted the government into one of the longest shutdowns in history. Congressional Republican leaders have thus far steadfastly opposed applying the rarely used legislative maneuver as a workaround to Democratic opposition to the GOP-backed continuing resolution seeking to open the government. But …

Chip Roy Suggests 'Nuclear Option' to End Senate Stalemate

Speaking to reporters, Chip Roy urged Senate Republicans to explore bypassing the chamber's 60-vote filibuster threshold to get the government past the shutdown.

Chip Roy Suggests ‘Nuclear Option’ to End Senate Stalemate

The Senate needs to consider the "nuclear option" to end the Democrats' government shutdown, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said Monday. Speaking to reporters, Roy urged Senate Republicans to explore bypassing the chamber's 60-vote filibuster threshold, a move known as the nuclear option, to force through a continuing resolution to reopen the federal government, The Hill reported. "We need to be taking a look at the 60-vote threshold. We really do," Ro…

Chip Roy floats nuclear option on Senate filibuster to end shutdown

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Monday floated the use of the “nuclear option” to end the shutdown and get around Senate filibuster rules that require a 60-vote majority to reopen the government. “We need to be taking a look at the 60 vote threshold. We really do,” Roy told reporters Monday. Senate rules that require…