US EditionTrump seeks end of Senate filibuster as shutdown drags on, but Republicans are unmoved
- On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, the U.S. government shutdown entered its 36th day, breaking the record as President Donald Trump urged Republicans to terminate the Senate filibuster.
- Republicans have refused to include Covid-era healthcare subsidies, prompting Democratic demands to reopen the government as premiums for more than 20 million American citizens could double from $888 to $1,904 after December 31.
- Hundreds of thousands of federal workers are furloughed or unpaid, food aid and child-care programs face interruptions, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned of "chaos in the sky" next week if air traffic controllers miss paychecks.
- Election results appear to have backfired on Republicans, increasing pressure on Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., to end the shutdown as President Donald Trump demands a legislative return.
- Senators in a centrist coalition have intensified talks to negotiate smaller bipartisan packages, while Republicans control a 53-47 Senate majority and Democrats block the House-passed funding bill, as Appropriations Committee members push to restore normal funding.
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'We're gonna lose our country': Pair of Republican senators say yes, time to dump the filibuster * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff
'If you're going to put me to the choice between food assistance to needy Americans or defending some arcane rule of the Senate, I'm going to choose people'
'There's nothing that could move me': 7 GOP senators give Trump a 'hard no' on new demand
President Donald Trump's initial response to Republicans' lopsided losses in multiple elections on Tuesday night was to call on Republicans to end a longstanding practice in the U.S. Senate in order to ram through his policies with minimal opposition. But multiple senators are already pouring cold water on the proposal.In a series of Truth Social posts Tuesday night, Trump demanded that Senate Republicans "TERMINATE THE FILIBUSTER" and make it p…
EXCLUSIVE: John Thune Is Defying Trump On The Filibuster. Here’s His Explanation.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune is on a collision course with President Donald Trump over nixing a longstanding legislative tool to end the 36-day government shutdown. Thune, who pledged to defend the filibuster on Day One of his leadership tenure, reiterated on Wednesday that Republicans would not scrap the Senate’s 60-vote threshold to end the […]
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