Senate GOP Has Made Their Decision on Whether They'll Nuke the Filibuster
Politics,US Senate,Senate Republicans,Filibuster
I want to eliminate the filibuster because the Democrats cannot be trusted to make deals on anything. That's the point: the fewer issues the GOP can promote to their voters, the better. I want it gone. I support the passage of the Save America Act, and ending the filibuster is the only way to achieve that. Removing it would allow us to pass more tax cuts for working families and various MAGA agenda items that are currently blocked by the 60-vote rule. However, it's unlikely to happen. Sen. John Thune (R-SD) has issued a directive—clearly telling members to stop talking about it (via Daily Signal):
Senate Majority Leader John Thune encouraged senators to stop talking about President Donald Trump's stated priority of nuking the filibuster, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
After a few moderates at the Senate's Wednesday steering lunch urged the Republican conference not to talk about nuking the filibusteropens in a new tab, Thune agreed that the move lacks the necessary support in the current conference, the sources said.
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