Republican senators brushed aside President Trump’s latest demand to eliminate the Senate filibuster on Friday, even as their party tries to exert pressure on Democrats.
Republican senators brushed aside President Trump’s latest demand to eliminate the Senate filibuster on Friday, even as their party tries to exert pressure on Democrats to end the government shutdown. Trump’s call to remove the 60-vote threshold to pass most legislation, delivered on Truth Social, injected new uncertainty into the standoff and frustrated some GOP senators, Politico reports. Majority Leader John Thune—who has said before that the day the filibuster rule is thrown out is the day he’ll resign from the Senate—reaffirmed his support for the rule.
