Trump backs call to nuke filibuster in drive to pass border wall $$, as shutdown looms
US Senate,Nuclear Option,White House,Politics
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President Trump on Friday publicly urged Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to deploy the so-called “nuclear option” to jam through a controversial spending package that includes billions in border-wall funds, as Washington’s warring parties remain on a collision course toward a partial government shutdown at midnight.
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