Republican leadership nixes filibuster demand

Filibuster Trump’s demand: John Thune is right to refuse to alter Senate rules

Bravo to Senate Majority Leader John Thune and other Republican senators for refusing to even consider President Trump’s demand to get rid of the filibuster that protects the rights of the chamber’s minority. It’s rare these days for the MAGAfied GOP to push back on the wannabe king of America. Trump is eager to change the Senate rules that let members stall the proceedings, which has been a feature of the Senate since it was founded in 1789, be…

Republican Senators React to Calls to Abolish the Filibuster

Republican senators weighed in this week on calls to end the filibuster following the continued failure by the Senate to open the government. In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said, “[H]ere’s the other thing I’d say, if the Democrats aren’t willing to negotiate, and we can’t get anywhere on this, we’re going to think about changing the rules of the Senate, because at the end of the day, we cannot allow the go…

Republican leadership nixes filibuster demand

WASHINGTON — Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump threw himself into the shutdown debate, calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government, an idea swiftly rejected Friday by Republican leaders who have long opposed…