Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) urged Vice President Vance during a closed-door lunch Tuesday to get President Trump to stop demanding that the Senate do away with the filibuster and traditions around judicial nominations, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Trump has repeatedly called on the Senate to end the tradition of allowing senators to block certain judicial nominations for their states by refusing to return their "blue slips."

Zoom in: Kennedy said Trump had called him to try to convince him to change his mind on blue slips, according to two of the sources in the room. • Vance equivocated, admitting the votes are probably not there to make the changes anyway — but also expressing frustration with the chamber's dysfunction, according to four sources familiar with what was said.

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