WSJ:

President Trump urged Senate Republicans to end the filibuster, the longstanding rule that requires 60 votes to advance most legislation, in order to reopen the government without the support of Democrats.

“It is now time for the Republicans to play their ‘TRUMP CARD,’ and go for what is called the Nuclear Option — Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!” he wrote on Truth Social, while criticizing Democrats’ healthcare demands at the center of the current impasse. Trump said that Democrats would end the filibuster if they ever won back the Senate, so Republicans should go ahead and do it now.

“If we did what we should be doing, it would IMMEDIATELY end this ridiculous, Country destroying ‘SHUT DOWN,’ ” he wrote.

Government funding lapsed on Oct. 1 after a stopg

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