US EditionDonald Trump Says Democrats Are ‘Cracking Like Dogs’ on Shutdown, Claims Progress on Ending Filibuster
Trump demands Senate Republicans end the filibuster to pass voter ID laws and tax cuts amid a government shutdown, citing Democratic resistance and partial GOP support.
- Saturday, President Donald Trump demanded Senate Republicans must blow up the filibuster, saying Democrats were cracking like dogs amid the government shutdown.
- The filibuster, which requires 60 votes to block a bill, has become a tool President Donald Trump wants repealed to advance hardline items amid fears Democrats will eliminate it if they retake the Senate.
- Some Republican senators, including Sen. Ron Johnson and Sen. Tommy Tuberville , backed ending the filibuster, while Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Trump lacks votes and will bring the Senate back Saturday.
- White House allies acknowledge votes to end the filibuster aren't there and describe the repeal talk as a messaging push, while President Donald Trump's insistence and Senate Republicans' refusal leave the shutdown, now in its 39th day, unresolved.
- Ahead of next year, President Donald Trump has intensified calls to end the filibuster to advance policies like voter ID after the shutdown contributed to Republican losses.
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Senator Ron Johnson Backs President Trump to Get Rid of Filibuster While Exposing Democrats' Hypocrisy
Republican Senator Ron Johnson was on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo to discuss getting rid of the filibuster to open the government and continue President Trump’s America First agenda.
Trump Taunts Democrats, Demands GOP 'Blow Up' Filibuster To Advance Agenda - Real News Now
President Donald Trump took aim at Senate Democrats on Saturday, declaring their ranks were “cracking like dogs” amid the ongoing government shutdown — and he doubled down on his call for Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster entirely to push through long-stalled conservative priorities. In a fiery Truth Social post, Trump urged his party to eliminate the 60-vote threshold in the Senate, arguing that ending the procedural hurdle was essenti…
Trump clings to filibuster demand as US shutdown drags on
U.S. President Donald Trump careened into the weekend with no sign of abandoning his futile “kill the filibuster” strategy to end the shutdown, despite a stinging week of political rebukes. Trump on Friday repeated his calls for Senate Republicans to terminate the 60-vote Senate rule — a “nuclear” off-ramp that even he has admitted has little chance of becoming reality. Those demands, echoed by administration officials, including Office of Manag…
Trump Reveals How Terminating The Filibuster Will Help Him Make America Great Again - The American Tribune.com
Speaking in a press conference delivered from the White House, President Donald Trump again called on Republicans in the Senate to get their act together and end the filibuster so that they can end the shutdown and ram through most of his agenda, correctly pointing out that the Democrats will certainly do exactly that if they ever retake power. For reference, the shutdown has now dragged on for well over a month, and President Trump has grown in…
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