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Trump, Senate and filibuster

Trump calls for 'nuclear option' to end shutdown. What does it have to do with a filibuster?

This shutdown is on track to become the longest in U.S. history, potentially surpassing the 35-day shutdown in 2018-2019.

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Trump demands Senate Republicans invoke ‘nuclear option’ to end ‘country destroying’ government shutdown

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Republican leaders reject Trump's demands to scrap the Senate filibuster to end the shutdown

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How the Senate filibuster works and what advocates and critics say about it

Congressional Republicans are pushing back on calls from the White House to end the filibuster so that Republicans don't need the help of Democrats to pass a bill to reopen the government.

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Government shutdown updates: Senate to reconvene as shutdown approaches record

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Trump says he 'won't be extorted' by Democrats, shuns negotiations as shutdown drags on

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What’s a filibuster? And why does Trump want to kill it?

It was completely predictable that President Donald Trump would call on Senate Republicans to end the custom of the filibuster, which has bedeviled majority parties for years.

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Trump's push to abolish the Senate filibuster hits immediate Republican resistance

In a pair of late-night posts, Trump told Senate Republicans to use the "nuclear option" to eliminate the 60-vote threshold and pass a government funding bill without Democrats.

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Senate leaves Washington as government shutdown nears 3rd week, military pay at risk

The Senate is set to leave town on Friday until early next week as neither side is ready to give in the ongoing government shutdown stalemate. Lawmakers voted deep into the night on Thursday on the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, which advanced on ...

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'Weak and stupid...': Trump pushes Republicans to 'terminate' filibuster as US government shutdown drags on, warns 'Schumer Shutdown' will...

Earlier, Donald Trump had called upon Republicans to invoke the "nuclear option" and end the filibuster rule in the US Senate, arguing it would allow Republican Senators to end the US government shutdown.