{"id":40268,"date":"2025-11-01T00:43:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40268"},"modified":"2025-11-01T00:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T00:43:39","slug":"republicans-push-back-against-trumps-call-to-end-the-senate-filibustertraffic_sourcerss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/01\/republicans-push-back-against-trumps-call-to-end-the-senate-filibustertraffic_sourcerss\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans push back against Trump\u2019s call to end the Senate filibuster | Donald Trump News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>President Donald Trump has thrown himself into the ongoing debate over the United States government shutdown, calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government.<\/p>\n<p>But that idea was swiftly rejected on Friday by Republican leaders who have long opposed such a move.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>The filibuster refers to a Senate rule that requires 60 votes to overcome objections. Currently, that rule gives the minority Democrats a check on Republican power in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>In the chamber that\u2019s currently split 53 to 47, Democrats have had enough votes to keep the government closed while they demand an extension of healthcare subsidies. Yet, neither party has seriously wanted to nuke the rule.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHE CHOICE IS CLEAR \u2013 INITIATE THE \u2018NUCLEAR OPTION,\u2019 GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER,\u201d Trump said in a late-night social media post Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s sudden decision to assert himself in the now 31-day-long shutdown \u2013 with his highly charged demand to end the filibuster \u2013 is certain to set the Senate on edge. It could spur senators towards their own compromise or send the chamber spiralling towards a new sense of crisis. Or, it might be ignored.<\/p>\n<p>Republican leaders responded quickly, and unequivocally, setting themselves at odds with Trump, a president few have dared to publicly counter.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune has repeatedly said he is not considering changing the rules to end the shutdown, arguing that it is vital to the institution of the Senate and has allowed Republicans to halt Democratic policies when they are in the minority.<\/p>\n<p>The leader\u2019s \u201cposition on the importance of the legislative filibuster is unchanged\u201d, Thune spokesman Ryan Wrasse said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>A spokeswoman for Wyoming Senator John Barrasso, the number-two Republican, said his position opposing a filibuster change also remains unchanged.<\/p>\n<p>And former Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who firmly opposed Trump\u2019s filibuster pleas in his first term, remains in the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson also defended the filibuster Friday, while conceding \u201cit\u2019s not my call\u201d from his chamber across the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe safeguard in the Senate has always been the filibuster,\u201d Johnson said, adding that Trump\u2019s comments are a reflection of \u201cthe president\u2019s anger at the situation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Even if Thune wanted to change the filibuster, he would not currently have the votes to do so in the divided Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe filibuster forces us to find common ground in the Senate,\u201d Republican Senator John Curtis of Utah posted on the social media platform X on Friday morning, responding to Trump\u2019s comments. \u201cPower changes hands, but principles shouldn\u2019t. I\u2019m a firm no on eliminating it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Debate has swirled around the legislative filibuster for years. Many Democrats pushed to eliminate it when they had full power in Washington, as the Republicans do now, four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>But ultimately, enough Democratic senators opposed the move, predicting such an action would come back to haunt them.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s demand comes as he has declined to engage with Democratic leaders on ways to end the shutdown, on track to become the longest in history.<\/p>\n<p>He said in his post that he gave a \u201cgreat deal\u201d of thought to his choice on his flight home from Asia, and that one question that kept coming up during his trip was why \u201cpowerful Republicans allow\u201d the Democrats to shut down parts of the government.<\/p>\n<p>But later Friday, he did not mention the filibuster again as he spoke to reporters departing Washington and arriving in Florida for a weekend at his Mar-a-Lago home.<\/p>\n<p>While quiet talks are under way, particularly among bipartisan senators, Trump has not been seriously involved.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats refuse to vote to reopen the government until Republicans negotiate an extension to the healthcare subsidies. The Republicans say they won\u2019t negotiate until the government is reopened.<\/p>\n<p>House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said on CNN that Trump needs to start negotiating with Democrats, arguing the president has spent more time with global leaders than dealing with the shutdown back home.<\/p>\n<p>From coast to coast, fallout from the dysfunction of the shuttered federal government is hitting home. SNAP food aid is scheduled to shut off. Flights are being delayed. Workers are going without paychecks.<\/p>\n<p>And Americans are getting a first glimpse of the skyrocketing healthcare insurance costs that are at the centre of the deadlock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are stressing,\u201d said Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, as food options in her state grow scarce. \u201cWe are well past time to have this behind us.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Republicans #push #Trumps #call #Senate #filibuster #Donald #Trump #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has thrown himself into the ongoing debate over the United States government shutdown, calling on the Senate&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40270,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40268\/revisions\/40270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}