Fetterman Says He Was ‘Wrong’ on the Filibuster, Supports Keeping It Intact
Fetterman said the 60-vote threshold blocks unpopular policies and would have stopped many Project 2025 provisions under a Republican trifecta.
- On Monday, Senator John Fetterman reversed his position on the filibuster, writing in the Washington Post that the rule is a "critical line of defense" for the United States Senate.
- Fetterman argued the rule prevents President Donald Trump from enacting sweeping changes through a simple majority, citing that Senate Democrats achieved significant legislative victories with the filibuster intact.
- Frustrations grew after Fetterman complained to NBC News about being excluded from meetings convened by Senator Chuck Schumer regarding Democratic opposition to Trump's "election doomsday scenarios."
- Senate Majority Leader John Thune and Trump have publicly courted Fetterman, while elections expert Chaz Nuttycombe estimated a "50-50 chance" he switches to the Republican Party before year's end.
- Control of the United States Senate remains at risk, with data analysts suggesting Democrats need 52 seats to maintain a real majority as Fetterman's future affiliation grows uncertain.
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Fetterman Reverses on Filibuster as Trump Urges GOP to End It
Sen. John Fetterman reversed his position on the Senate filibuster in a Washington Post op-ed, calling himself "horribly wrong", just as President Trump pressured Republicans to eliminate the very rule Fetterman now wants to keep. Fetterman, the Pennsylvania Democrat who ran in 2022 on scrapping the filibuster, published the opinion piece on Monday admitting that halfway through his first term, he sees the 60-vote threshold as the last line hold…
Fetterman Admits Democrats Wrong on Ending Filibuster
Sen. John Fetterman now says the filibuster he once campaigned to destroy is the last line of defense keeping Democrats from total legislative irrelevance, a reversal that vindicates the two senators his own party tried to punish for saying the same thing years ago. The Pennsylvania Democrat published a Washington Post op-ed Monday laying out, in detail, why he abandoned his 2022 campaign promise to eliminate the Senate's 60-vote threshold for a…
John Fetterman campaigned on ending the filibuster. Here’s why he changed his mind
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, doubling down on a position that has already added to Democrats’ frustrations with him in recent months, offered a more detailed explanation this week for his change of heart about eliminating the Senate filibuster.
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