US EditionTrump Takes Aim at Filibuster During Shutdown
President Trump urges ending the Senate filibuster to break a month-long government shutdown, but most Republican senators oppose removing the 60-vote rule to preserve Senate tradition.
- On Friday, October 31, 2025, President Donald Trump urged the U.S. Senate to scrap the filibuster to end the month-long shutdown, pushing the `NUCLEAR OPTION` in a late-night social post.
- With 53 GOP senators, Republicans lack the 60 votes needed to advance funding bills, while Democrats refuse to reopen government without extending Affordable Care Act subsidies.
- Two judges ruled that SNAP must be funded despite the White House refusing contingency funds, and Trump's summer bill is projected to remove 2.4 million people from the program.
- Republican leaders immediately rejected the idea, and House Speaker Mike Johnson said `The safeguard in the Senate has always been the filibuster` while declining to press the issue.
- The filibuster's rules have been altered before, including 2013 and 2017 changes led by then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Republicans, while Sen. Kyrsten Sinema and Sen. Joe Manchin opposed major changes in 2022, and earlier this year Republicans eased confirming many nominees.
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US Republican leaders reject Trump's 'nuclear option' to 'get rid' of the Senate filibuster to end the shutdown
Trump pushed his 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. The government shutdown is now in its 31st day.
Trump takes aim at filibuster during shutdown
WASHINGTON — Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats’ unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate eliminate the legislative filibuster. The filibuster is a longstanding parliamentary tool that halts action on most bills unless 60 senators in the 100-member chamber vote to move forward. Over the years, it has stymied policy priorities for Democrats and Rep…
What is the filibuster and why does Trump want to get rid of it during the shutdown?
Seemingly frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats' unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate eliminate the legislative filibuster.
President Trump urges Republicans to tip the Filibuster, which is to end the shutdown, and the Democrats are critical of that.
To end the ongoing US shutdown, President Donald Trump wants to change the voting rules in the US Senate. This has been going on for almost a month now and is putting his policies under pressure, even within his own Republican Party. By bypassing the so-called filibuster, Trump hopes the budget can still be approved and the government can reopen.
The president recalls that the Democrats have shuffled the idea of changing the rules to boost statehood for Washington, D.C., and the Puerto Rican archipelago.
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