President Donald Trump and Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent urged an end to the Senate filibuster rule ahead of an anticipated ...

Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, President Donald Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action commonly known ...

As Republicans and Democrats battle for the upper hand in the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump has zeroed in on a new target for potentially breaking the deadlock: eliminating the ...

Frustrated by the ongoing government shutdown, President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to go for the “nuclear option” and get rid of the filibuster in recent days. “It is ...

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Senate Democrats are filibustering a Republican measure to reopen the federal government. As the shutdown approached and reached record length, Donald Trump grew impatient at the stalemate and ...

U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds is now calling for the elimination of the Senate filibuster. Donalds' current stance is a reversal from his 2022 position when he supported keeping the filibuster. The ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) doubled down on his support for the Senate filibuster, even as President Trump has pushed the upper chamber to use the so-called nuclear option to forgo it and reopen the ...

The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history has revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...

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The most extended government shutdown in U.S. history revived a familiar argument: The Senate’s filibuster is to blame for congressional paralysis. It’s a compelling narrative with a convenient ...

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