Trump calls for US Senate to scrap filibuster rule

Trump becoming 'increasingly frustrated' as shutdown drags on into second month: report

Officials in President Donald Trump's administration reportedly didn't expect the ongoing government shutdown to last longer than 10 days. But as the shutdown approaches day 32, their boss is now pushing hard for it to end by any means necessary.That's according to a Friday article by Politico's Myah Ward, Alex Gangitano and Dasha Burns, who reported that several unnamed sources in the Trump White House are confiding that Trump is "increasingly …

Trump calls for GOP senators to nuke the filibuster in order to end government shutdown

President Donald Trump called Oct. 30 for Republican senators to pursue the “nuclear option” and “get rid of” the filibuster in order to end the government… The post Trump calls for GOP senators to nuke the filibuster in order to end government shutdown appeared first on CatholicVote org.

GOP rejects Trump’s demands to scrap filibuster to end shutdown

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 such a move. Trump pushed his Republican Party to get rid of the Senate rule that requires 60 votes to overcome objections and gives the minority Democrats a check on GOP power. In the chamber that’s currently sp…

Republicans Push Back Against Trump’s Call To Kill The Filibuster

Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty The now monthlong government shutdown does not appear to be coming to a close anytime soon. Public opinion has consistently blamed Republicans for the shutdown, and it appears that’s got President Donald Trump in his feelings.  During a series of late-night Truth Social posts on Thursday, Trump called on Senate Republicans to kill the 60-vote filibuster. In a surprising move, that demand was met not with the Repu…

Republican leaders reject Trump's demands to scrap Senate filibuster to end shutdown

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 such a move.

Trump calls for Senate ‘nuclear option’ to end government shutdown

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump late Thursday called for Senate Republicans to end the partial government shutdown by using the so-called “nuclear option” to eliminate the legislative filibuster.