Trump Calls to End the Filibuster As Another Government Shutdown Looms

[In It to Win It]

President Donald Trump called for the Senate to eliminate the filibuster on Friday, sharing an op-ed from his Treasury Secretary making the case.

“It’s time to end the filibuster,” Trump posted to his Truth Social account while sharing screenshots from Scott Bessent’s op-ed with the same title.

Bessent wrote in the Washington Post, “The American people are just now emerging from the longest and most devastating government shutdown in U.S. history. And while the blame lies squarely with Senate Democrats, we cannot ignore the weapon they used to hold the country hostage: the legislative filibuster.”

Bessent went on to argue that Senate Republicans should end the filibuster in order to avoid another government shutdown in January, when Congress is set to battle yet again over keeping the government funded.

“By wielding the filibuster, which requires a 60-vote Senate supermajority to pass legislation, Democrats inflicted tremendous harm on the nation, including: $11 billion in permanent economic damage; an estimated 1.5 percentage points in lost GDP growth in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025; 9,500 canceled flights; and the paychecks of 1.4 million federal workers held for ransom by the left’s demands,” argued Bessent.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-calls-end-filibuster-another-212628258.html

[Ol Janx Spirit]

1. Go for it Rs.... The only big thing you did all year was done through reconciliation which was...

...not subject to the filibuster, and that has turned out to be really popular.

Ending the filibuster will allow you to really show the American people how truly horrible you can be in the leadup to the midterm elections.

And when all of that goes really badly and you lose control of congress it will not be Democrats that ended the filibuster in order to plow through all of the damage done to the American people with much needed legislation that Republicans would never have allowed to pass without eliminating it.

The truth is: the filibuster is protecting YOU from your worst instincts way more than anything else at the moment.

Go for it....

[Volaris]

2. Good then shut it down and this time, LEAVE IT THAT WAY.

If this is trumps ask, republicans know they CANNOT deliver...which means EVENTUALLY, Thune will cave; he will have no other choice except to destroy whatever senate chances they still had.

[Deuxcents]

3. No work, no pay. So say their employers..We the People

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. Kill the filibuster dead, so the voters can hold all politicians accountable

No more hiding behind gridlock and politics-as-usual.

Everything gets an up or down vote, with consequences for the results.

[mr715]

5. Kill the filibuster.

Let 'em do it.

Let 'em own it all.