The filibuster is the Senate rule that requires 60 votes of its 100 members to pass most legislation. Ditching the filibuster to reopen the government would be a big step for the Senate, one that Senate Majority Leader John Thune previously ruled out, saying the rule is “something that’s been a bulwark against a lot of really bad things happening with the country.”Following a week of overseas diplomacy, President Donald Trump is reengaging with shutdown discussions by calling for Republicans to dispense with any diplomatic overtures to Democrats and deploy the “nuclear option” of ending the Senate filibuster. Are deomcratis trying to frustrate Trumps agendas ?

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