President Trump once again called on Republican Senators to end the filibuster amid ongoing gridlock and partial government shutdown.
The Senate very early Friday morning, after a marathon session, unanimously approved a voice-vote package to fund the Department of Homeland Security, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and key parts of Customs and Border Protection.
Democrats flat-out refused to support full funding without gutting immigration raids and deportation operations.
Instead of fighting for the full funding, Thune and the Senate GOP folded in the dead of night, when no one was watching.
The House of Representatives late Friday night passed a short-term DHS funding bill.
The House voted 213-203 to fully fund the Department of Homeland Security for 8 weeks.
However, the bill is likely dead on arrival in the Senate because it won’t get the 60 votes needed to pass the measure.
The SAVE America Act is still stalled in the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune and others have floated passing the SAVE America Act through reconciliation which only requires 51 votes.
This requires approval from the Senate Parliamentarian and she would immediately slash the SAVE America Act from the reconciliation package because it is not a budgetary item.
The only option is to nuke the filibuster and pass bills with 51 votes in the Senate.
The president once again called on Senators to nuke the filibuster.
Trump said it is time to expose the Republican Senators who stand in the way.
“It is time for the Senate Filibuster to END. Those weak and ineffective Republicans Senators that stand in the way of this should be exposed to the public. The Democrats are CRAZY!” Trump said in a Truth Social post.
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