On Tuesday's episode of WVNN's "The Yaffee Program," U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) discussed the ongoing government shutdown and the urgent need to eliminate the filibuster.

According to Moore, Democrats will immediately eliminate the filibuster after retaking the U.S. Senate.

"The two Democratic senators who held it up were [Joe] Manchin and [Kyrsten] Sinema. They're gone," Moore said. "And so the next time, within the first hour, if the Senate turns Democrat, when, and if it ever does, they will nuke it. They want to drive this Marxist agenda across the finish line. So we have 36 months with President Trump in office. We need to nuke the filibuster. "

The congressman believes liberals in the U.S. Senate "caved" on the shutdown because Republicans increasingly threatened to elim

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