Trump is ramping up pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action known as the “nuclear option.”

The president argued that lowering the threshold to pass legislation would allow Republicans to move an agenda that would benefit them in next year’s midterms.

Senate Republican support for eliminating the filibuster is picking up momentum after President Trump invited members of the Senate GOP conference to the White House for a breakfast meeting

Suspending or eliminating the Senate’s current defining feature — the filibuster — is something no Republican Senate leader has backed in decades. Thune, a lifelong institutionalist, is having none of it.

While President Donald Trump is advocating for the elimination of the filibuster, Senate Majority Leader John Thune said that there are not enough votes.

Trump told Republican senators that he believed the government shutdown 'was a big factor' in the party's losses in Tuesday's election.

Politicians have called to end the filibuster before. But senators have hesitated over fears of the long-term impact.

Special Report' panelists analyze President Donald Trump's exclusive interview, the election results, the debate over doing away with the filibuster and more.