Trump, Senate and filibuster

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Republican leaders reject ending the Senate filibuster despite Trump’s call to nuke it
“The filibuster has traditionally been used as a very important safeguard,” Johnson said, noting that his own opinion is “not relevant” given it is a Senate-only issue.

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What’s a filibuster? And how will it benefit Trump if Senate ends the practice?
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What's the filibuster rule? Trump says to end the Senate practice
Democrats consider prolonging the shutdown as Republicans prepare new bills without health care fix
Senate Republicans are moving to try to end the government shutdown by preparing a new bipartisan package of spending bills and daring Democrats to vote for it, but it was unclear if their plan would...

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Democrats' Big Election Night Scrambles Efforts To Reopen Government
Trump pressures GOP senators to end the government shutdown, now the longest ever
Trump’s obsessive focus on scrapping the filibuster isn’t doing the GOP any favors
Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters after the gathering, “I know that where the math is on this issue in the Senate, and it’s not — it’s just not happening.”

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Trump warns of consequences if GOP fails to kill the filibuster
GOP to hold rare weekend Senate session as Democrats split on shutdown deal
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The federal shutdown and the Senate filibuster: What could happen now?

Trump wants the Senate to drop the filibuster rule so Republicans can end the shutdown with a simple majority vote.

Trump says Senate should scrap the filibuster to end the government shutdown

President Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster, so that the Republican majority can bypass Democrats and reopen the federal government.

GOP support for eliminating filibuster picks up steam after Trump pressure

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

Trump and Democrats are far apart on solving the shutdown. Here’s what could finally end it.

It’s Day 37 of the government shutdown, and a solution isn’t yet in sight as President Donald Trump and congressional Democrats remain far apart. Yet there are some signs of movement and, critically,

The shutdown is dragging on. But Americans aren’t tiring of Democrats’ demands.

That’s because it doesn’t seem like Americans are getting particularly tired of Democrats’ gambit. And combined with Democrats’ big wins in Tuesday’s elections and all of the other polling, there remains seemingly little political incentive for them to back off – along with plenty of potential downside.
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