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Sen. Cortez Masto on shutdown: Behind-the-scenes negotiations 'actually happening' now 08:28

A month into the shutdown, Trump urges Republicans to scrap the Senate filibuster Some GOP officials want to end the shutdown by doing away with filibusters once and for all. The president now wants the same thing.

Oct. 31, 2025, 9:00 AM EDT

By Steve Benen

As the ongoing government shutdown reaches the one-month mark, the consensus on Capitol Hill is that there are two possible solutions to the standoff: Either congressional Democrats cave, or congressional Republicans agree to a bipartisan compromise.

There is, however, a third option that’s generating some conversation in GOP circles.

Republicans already control the White House and both chambers of Congres

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