Senate fails again to end shutdown
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., joins ‘America Reports’ to discuss the sixth failed vote to reopen the government and the fundamental issues being debated that are keeping it closed.
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Senate Republicans aren’t ready to go “nuclear” again to change the rules around the Senate filibuster as Senate Democrats dig deeper against the GOP’s push to reopen the government.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., and Republicans need at least eight Democrats to cross the aisle and vote for their continuing resolution (CR) to pass through the Senate’s 60-vote filibuster threshold.
But only three Democratic caucus members have joined Republicans after six failed attempts to pass the short-term funding extension as the shutdown enters its second week.
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Senate Republicans aren’t ready to go “nuclear” on the filibuster as the government shutdown continues on, despite Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., pushing to change the rules for nominees earlier this year. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Republicans have already turned to the “nuclear option” to unilaterally change the rules this year to blast through Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Democrats’ blockade of President Donald Trump’s nominees. But for many, the notion of changing the rules and nuking the filibuster is a third rail.
“Never, never, ever, never, none,” Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., told Fox News Digital when asked if he would consider changing the rules.
“I’ve never heard that since the Democrats tried to do it, and I think we would all fight it pretty hard,” he continued.
The last time the filibuster was put under the microscope was when Democrats controlled the Senate in 2022. Schumer, who was majority leader at the time, tried to change the rules for a “talking filibuster” in order to pass voting rights…
