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President Donald Trump on Thursday called for Republicans to eliminate the filibuster in order to end the monthlong government shutdown.

President Donald Trump on Thursday urged Republicans to end the filibuster in order to end the monthlong government shutdown.

In a late-night Truth Social post, Trump noted that Democrats had tried to eliminate the Senate procedure when they had control of both chambers of Congress and the White House during the Biden administration, but then-Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema — both of whom have since left the Democratic Party to become independents — helped block the effort.

Source: Trump urges GOP to ‘end the shutdown’ by going nuclear on Senate filibuster