"President Donald Trump demanded that senators not leave town until the country's longest-ever shutdown is resolved and threatened to terminate the filibuster IMMEDIATELY if both sides cannot reach a deal. Taking to Truth Social late Friday, the president wrote: The repeated call to end the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold that has defined modern Senate dealmaking for decades, has become instrumental to Trump's pressure campaign as the shutdown drags toward its fourth week."
"Minutes before Trump's post, Senate Majority Leader John Thune rejected outright a Democratic proposal to reopen the government and simultaneously extend Affordable Care Act premium credits, a deal Democrats pitched as allowing talks on longer-term healthcare questions to proceed once agencies were back online. Thune indicated the chamber is likely to be in session through the weekend. But he has not scheduled a 15th vote on the House-passed stopgap bill, the vote many on Capitol Hill see as the necessary trigger to unlock a Republican"
President Donald Trump demanded senators remain in Washington until the country's longest-ever government shutdown is resolved and threatened to terminate the filibuster immediately if no deal is reached. He posted the message on Truth Social as calls to end the filibuster, the 60-vote threshold that has defined modern Senate dealmaking, became central to his pressure campaign while the shutdown approached its fourth week. Minutes before the post, Senate Majority Leader John Thune rejected a Democratic proposal to reopen the government and extend Affordable Care Act premium credits. Thune said the Senate will likely be in session through the weekend but has not scheduled a 15th vote on the House-passed stopgap bill many view as the trigger to unlock a Republican offer.
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