Two Republican U.S. senators from Kansas oppose reforming the filibuster rule to gain an advantage when considering the agenda of President Donald Trump.

US government shutdown persists for 38 days as Senate Republicans reject a Democratic proposal to reopen agencies. The offer aimed to extend Affordable Care Act subsidies for a year in exchange for a short-term funding resolution.

Trump again attacked the filibuster during the government shutdown, citing sweeping policy changes and dangling the prospect of midterm election victories.

President Donald Trump wants Senate Republicans to nuke the filibuster to end the government shutdown, but both Kansas senators oppose that idea.

Taking to Truth Social on Friday afternoon, Trump wrote, "The United States Senate should not leave town until they have a Deal to end the Democrat Shutdown. If they can’t reach a Deal, the Republicans should terminate the Filibuster, IMMEDIATELY, and take care of our Great American Workers!"

The top two Republicans in Congress are showing no interest in taking the unprecedented step of ending the legislative filibuster, just hours after President Donald Trump made a fresh demand for the Senate to do so to end the government shutdown.

We’d like to offer a simple proposal that would reopen the government and extend’ Affordable Care Act ‘premium tax credits simultaneously,' Chuck Schumer says - Anadolu Ajansı

Kansas’ senators have given their position on the filibuster, a Senate rule that Trump has been pushing to scrap. The filibuster is a longstanding Senate Rule that

Donald Trump, in a long Truth Social post, said the GOP should end the shutdown by doing away with the filibuster to pass legislation.

Republican U.S. President Donald Trump called on Thursday for the removal of the Senate's filibuster rule, to bypass a Democratic roadblock during a government shutdown now in its 30th day.

With US govt shutdown poised to exceed 35-day mark, at which point it will become the longest ever, Trump is urging Senate to opt for the 'nuclear option'—scrapping the filibuster.

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