Senate Republicans Mull Ending Filibuster

Will Republicans kill the filibuster to end the shutdown?

The filibuster is keeping the government shutdown alive. Republicans hold a majority in the Senate, but filibustering Democrats have enough votes to keep the GOP from reaching the 60-vote threshold now needed to pass most legislation. Some Republican officials think it might be time to kill the rule and finally end the shutdown.A growing willingness among GOP senators to consider ending the filibuster is a “sign of just how stuck things are,” sa…

Some Republican Senators entertain nuking the filibuster

Photo by J. Scott Applewhite of the Associated Press.This story was produced as part of a partnership with NOTUS and the nonprofit, nonpartisan Allbritton Journalism Institute. Three weeks into shutdown gridlock, some Senate Republicans are expressing openness to a controversial solution: nuking the filibuster. “I know that’s being discussed,” Sen. Susan Collins, the chair of the Appropriations Committee, told NOTUS. “I am a strong supporter of …

Senate Republicans Mull Ending Filibuster

“Three weeks into shutdown gridlock, some Senate Republicans are expressing openness to a controversial solution: nuking the filibuster,” NOTUS reports.