Trump says it is time to get rid of US Senate's filibuster custom
Source: Reuters
Republican U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it is time to get rid of the Senate's filibuster custom to bypass a Democratic roadblock during the ongoing government shutdown.
The "filibuster" is the Senate rule that requires 60 of the chamber's 100 members to agree to pass most legislation. Republicans hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate and a 219-213 majority in the House of Representatives.
"It is now time for the Republicans to play their "TRUMP CARD," and go for what is called the Nuclear Option Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW," Trump wrote on social media.
The partial shutdown was in its 30th day on Thursday with no end in sight.
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pat_k
(12,477 posts)They have been hellbent on making Democrats accomplices. (If it were that bad, they could have stopped it.)
SKKY
(12,713 posts)...from here to 2026, and then on to 2028.
valleyrogue
(2,467 posts)I do NOT understand how anybody on this forum, for example, can be in favor of abolishing something that provides checks and balances against tyranny.
We would not have any of the programs we have come to rely on if the GOP got to ram through every piece of bullshit legislation by a simple majority.
pnwmom
(110,151 posts)Emile
(39,159 posts)Emile
(39,159 posts)no_hypocrisy
(53,773 posts)The House was designed to legislate upon the whims of the populace.
The Senate was designed to be a deliberate body where robust debate and bipartisan compromise were the goals.
SunSeeker
(57,262 posts)TomSlick
(12,812 posts)that change in Senate rules will continue to apply when they no longer have the majority. The Republicans will eventually lose their already razor-thin majority. Change is the only constant.
fujiyamasan
(978 posts)It was used by southern senators to kill anti lynching bills and civil rights legislation. Ironically now its going to be used to turn back the clock for pretty much all of us.
It was bound to get killed at some point and given that the GOP no longer cares for traditions (even those as ridiculous as the filibuster), theres a good chance theyll go through with it.
Deminpenn
(17,168 posts)Senate Rs do not want to eliminate the legislative fillibuster because then they 100% OWN the consquences of all the bad things that are and will happen once the Senate Rs vote to pass the House;s bill and reopen the government.
When Rs are in the Senate minority, they won't be able to impose the tyranny of the minority to stop progress on making America a better, fairer, more equal country. And they know it.
Mike Johnson said the quiet part out loud, the SNAP benefits are being withheld to "put pressure on Democrats.
pecosbob
(8,240 posts)He's high on Adderall again.
ancianita
(42,578 posts)SunSeeker
(57,262 posts)Bristlecone
(10,958 posts)In his next book, coming to a dollar store near you.
Emile
(39,159 posts)MichMan
(16,279 posts)Javaman
(64,914 posts)lostincalifornia
(4,832 posts)and all the issues that most of the MSM have been ignoring, while the working poor and middle class are having trouble making ends meet,
Gore1FL
(22,745 posts)bluestarone
(20,783 posts)decide whether to go for it or not. I'm thinking NOT.