WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump urged the Senate to abolish the filibuster so that a simple majority can approve legislation – and end the government shutdown – but even fellow Republicans are ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune is on a collision course with President Donald Trump over nixing a longstanding legislative tool to end the 36-day government shutdown. Thune, who pledged to defend ...

As Republicans and Democrats battle for the upper hand in the federal government shutdown, President Donald Trump has zeroed in on a new target for potentially breaking the deadlock: eliminating the ...

CONTINUATION FROM A HEARING OCTOBER 1ST. THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IS NOW THE LONGEST IN U.S. HISTORY, AT 36 DAYS. PRESIDENT TRUMP AGAIN TODAY REITERATING HIS DESIRE FOR THE U.S. SENATE TO GET RID OF ...

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President Donald Trump on Thursday urged congressional Republicans to unilaterally end the government shutdown by eliminating the Senate filibuster — urging them to take an unprecedented step that GOP ...

WASHINGTON -- Frustrated by the government shutdown and Democrats' unwillingness to accept a Republican funding bill, President Donald Trump is once again demanding that the Senate eliminate the ...

Could the Senate’s tradition of almost unlimited debate wind up a victim of the GOP majority in Congress? That’s an emerging prospect — though far from a certainty — as the government shutdown drags ...

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Frustrated by the ongoing government shutdown, President Donald Trump has repeatedly called on Senate Republicans to go for the “nuclear option” and get rid of the filibuster in recent days. “It is ...

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