US EditionPublished • loading... • Updated
Fetterman supports GOP ‘nuking’ filibuster to end shutdown
Fetterman says removing the filibuster for spending bills would prevent future shutdowns and help fund programs like SNAP amid ongoing government closure.
- On Tuesday, Senator John Fetterman urged Republican senators to invoke the so-called `nuclear option` to remove the filibuster for spending bills and reopen the federal government.
- The Senate's 60-vote rule has long blocked partisan legislation, including attempts to end shutdowns, while Senate Democrats under President Joe Biden sought filibuster reform and Senate Republicans, led by Majority Leader John Thune , rejected changes this month.
- As the shutdown reached its 21st day, Fetterman warned that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds are running out and said `people are going to start to get really hungry,` while key federal agencies scale back operations.
- Repealing the filibuster would let the GOP's narrow Senate majority pass a stopgap funding measure without Democratic support, as On Monday the Senate failed for the 11th time to advance a House-passed funding bill and repeatedly fell short of the 60-vote threshold.
- Fetterman argued the move would `make it more difficult to shut the government down in the future,` rebuking Democrats that he `don’t want to hear any Democrat clutching their pearls about the filibuster` and urged a carve-out for spending bills.
Insights by Ground AI
Podcasts & Opinions
28 Articles
28 Articles
The IndependentReposted by 
The Independent (US)
The Independent (US)Republicans warm to killing filibuster as voters suffer and shutdown nears record
Democrats’ nuclear option had wide-reaching consequences that ultimately empowered Trump, Eric Garcia writes. If Republicans kill the filibuster to reopen the government, it might permanently break the Senate
·London, United Kingdom
Read Full Article
Sen. Fetterman Calls for the Nuclear Option
As reported, Democrats have made impossible demands simply to keep the government going for seven weeks while Congress meets to appropriate funds. It is obvious that the far-left of the Democrat party is demanding the endless shutdown to hurt President Trump at the expense of Americans. There is no end in sight. Some in the […] The post Sen. Fetterman Calls for the Nuclear Option appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
Coverage Details
Total News Sources28
Leaning Left4Leaning Right14Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution56% Right
Bias Distribution
- 56% of the sources lean Right
56% Right
L 16%
C 28%
R 56%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
