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Trump wants to end the shutdown by pressuring Republicans to terminate the filibuster, a long-standing Senate rule requiring 60 votes to pass most legislation.

Trump told Republican senators that if they do not scrap the rule, the party will suffer in next year’s midterm elections.

WASHINGTON — As the federal shutdown has dragged on to become the longest in American history, President Trump has shown little interest in talks to reopen the government. But Republican losses on election day could change that.

Trump told Republican senators at the White House on Wednesday that he believed the government shutdown “was a big factor” in the party’s poor showing against the Democrats

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