Chip Roy Floats Nuclear Option on Senate Filibuster to End Shutdown

Nuking the Filibuster Would Be Political Folly

Nuking the filibuster to reopen the government -- with just a simple majority in the Senate -- would be a self-imposed strategic debacle for Republicans.

Senate GOP Mull Filibuster Reform To End Shutdown

Senate GOP Mull Filibuster Reform To End Shutdown As Democrats continue to dig in their heels over Obamacare, Senate Republicans are now considering changing the filibuster's rules to end the shutdown.  Senate Majority Leader John Thune , June 24, 2025. (Shawn Thew/EPA/Shutterstock) "Nobody talked about filibuster two weeks ago. Now that we see that the Democrats are just not going to agree to anything, then that’s probably a viable option," Sen…

The Government Shutdown, the Senate and the "Nuclear Option"

If you are like me you’re more than a bit tired of hearing how Republicans in the Senate have voted for the eleventeenth time to open the government only to be stymied by the dastardly Democrats and their demand that 20 million people don’t get shafted on their health insurance. The entire premise for this government shutdown is performance art, and it is really bad art—think “dogs playing poker on velvet”—that kind of bad. The fact of the matte…

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…

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 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 …