""If you don't terminate the filibuster, you'll be in bad shape," the president told GOP senators the morning after Democrats claimed a wave of key victories in off-year elections. The government remains shut down - and has become the longest shutdown in history, surpassing the record set during Trump's first term. What he's saying: "We have to get the country open," he said. "And the way we're going to do it this afternoon is to terminate the filibuster.""
"What he's saying: "We have to get the country open," he said. "And the way we're going to do it this afternoon is to terminate the filibuster." Trump acknowledged "it's possible" that won't happen. But he said it would be a "tremendous mistake." He continued, "It would be a tragic mistake. Actually, it's time." One Trump adviser previously told Axios that the president will make lawmakers' "lives a living hell" over ending the filibuster."
The federal government remains shut down and has become the longest shutdown in U.S. history, surpassing the previous record. Calls to terminate the Senate filibuster were presented as the immediate mechanism to reopen government operations following Democratic off-year election gains. Advisors signaled aggressive pressure on lawmakers to end the filibuster, warning of political consequences for resistance. Renewed criticism targeted the Senate "blue slip" tradition that permits senators to block judicial and prosecutor nominees. An example cited involved the ouster of an Eastern District U.S. Attorney reportedly after glowing letters from two Democratic senators and after declining to pursue certain high-profile prosecutions. Ending the filibuster could ease short-term passage but risk future retaliation if control shifts.
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