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Government shutdown updates: Trump again calls on Senate GOP to end filibuster

Senate Majority Leader John Thune’s position against eliminating the Senate filibuster has not changed, a spokesperson told ABC News Friday, after Trump on Thursday called on Republicans to go "nuclear" and eliminate the filibuster to pass the Republican funding bill and reopen the government.

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Trump calls for 'nuclear option' to end shutdown. What does it have to do with a filibuster?

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Trump says Senate should scrap the filibuster to end the government shutdown

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Trump administration cannot suspend food aid benefits, US judges rule

A federal judge in Rhode Island on Friday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from suspending all food aid for millions of Americans amid the ongoing government shutdown.

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Government Ordered to Pay Food Stamp Benefits During Shutdown

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Government Shutdown Could Become Longest Ever as Trump Says He 'Won't Be Extorted' by Democrats

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US government shutdown extends into 6th week as Trump pushes Republicans to change Senate rules

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Sunday that Donald Trump is publicly and repeatedly pressuring Republican leaders, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike...

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Shutdown stalemate set to drag into 6th week as Trump pushes Republicans to change Senate rules

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Republican leaders reject Trump’s demands to scrap the Senate filibuster to end the shutdown

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Government shutdown drags into week 6, could become the nation’s longest

With the two parties at a standstill, the shutdown, now in its 33rd day, appears likely become the longest in history. The previous record was set in 2019, when Trump demanded that Congress give him money for a U.S.-Mexico border wall. That shutdown lasted 35 days.

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Opinion - If you believe in democracy, we must get rid of the Senate filibuster

The Senate filibuster is preventing meaningful legislation from being passed, leading to a government that is not functioning as it should, and executive orders becoming the only alternative.

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Chip Roy is wrong about the filibuster

Proposals to end the filibuster were wrong when Democrats made them in the Biden years, and they are wrong when Republicans make them in the Trump years.