"Progressives have long warned that Republicans would scrap the filibuster if it interfered with their agenda. President Donald Trump late Thursday urged Senate Republicans to scrap the legislative filibuster to end the prolonged government shutdown without Democratic support - the kind of scenario progressives warned about when imploring Democrats to eliminate the 60-vote threshold during former President Joe Biden's term."
""Just a short while ago, the Democrats, while in power, fought for three years to do this, but were unable to pull it off because of Senators Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona. Never have the Democrats fought so hard to do something because they knew the tremendous strength that terminating the Filibuster would give them," Trump wrote. "Now I want to do it in order to take advantage of the Democrats.""
"Trump noted Democrats' failure to terminate the filibuster when they controlled Congress under Biden, pointing specifically to the central role that Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema - both of whom have since left office and the Democratic Party - played in obstructing filibuster reform. With the filibuster intact, 60 votes are required to pass most legislation in the Senate. Republicans currently hold 53 Senate seats."
Progressives warned that Republicans would eventually scrap the filibuster if it conflicted with their agenda. President Trump publicly urged Senate Republicans to end the legislative filibuster to resolve a prolonged government shutdown without Democratic votes. Trump emphasized that Democrats had previously sought to terminate the filibuster but failed due to opposition from Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, who have since left office and the Democratic Party. With the filibuster in place, 60 Senate votes are required for most legislation, while Republicans currently hold 53 seats. Critics say the shutdown is being used to pursue unilateral policy changes.
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