Donald Trump's Filibuster Push Gets New Boost
Trump argues ending the filibuster would allow Republicans to pass legislation with a simple majority during the 36-day government shutdown, despite Senate opposition.
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Nuking the filibuster would come back to haunt Republicans
Nuking the filibuster is unprincipled, but it also makes little political sense: Donald Trump would be doing Democrats a huge favor by greasing the wheels for exploiting fleeting one-party national majorities in the future.
Where every Senate Republican stands on 'nuking' the filibuster
President Donald Trump’s crusade to end the filibuster is driving a deep wedge among Senate Republicans, with new senators opening the door to weakening it and others unwilling to take a stand on what has become a GOP political land mine. In a series of hallway interviews this week, the Washington Examiner asked 41 of the Senate’s 53 Republicans for their view on the 60-vote threshold, which Trump has spent the last week railing against as Democ…
President Donald Trump resumed on Wednesday calls for the Senate to end filibusterism to pass key laws after Tuesday night's electoral defeat.]]>
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