As the US government shutdown drags on, Donald Trump has demanded that Senate Republicans “play their TRUMP CARD” and get rid of the filibuster. But what exactly is this rule, why does it matter, and can a president really make it vanish? In a late-night Truth Social post, President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans to “end the filibuster,” the rule requiring 60 votes to pass most legislation, to break the deadlock over government funding. Republicans currently control 53 of the 100 Senate seats, short of the 60 needed to overcome Democratic opposition. Trump’s demand revives a long-running Washington debate about whether the Senate’s tradition of extended debate protects democracy or paralyses it. The filibuster is a procedural rule unique to the US Senate that allows a mino

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