Why the filibuster absolutely has to go

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Time

What Is a Filibuster and Why Does Trump Want to 'Terminate' It?

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The Hill

The Senate filibuster is not long for this world

The word “filibuster,” which derives from a Dutch term for pirates and plunderers, somehow came to describe those who disrupt legislative business. The practice is much older — Cato the Younger was ...
WGRZ

What is the filibuster? Trump calls for an end to rule, which would prevent GOP from overruling Democrats to reopen the government

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is now calling for Senate Republicans to do away with the filibuster, a congressional rule meant to keep the balance of power in the upper chamber, because it is ...
AOL

What's a Filibuster and Why Does Trump Want to Terminate It?

Amid the U.S. government shutdown, which has stretched into its second month, President Donald Trump is ramping up the pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action commonly known ...
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What’s a filibuster? And why does Trump want to kill it?

EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this story was first published in 2021, when Democrats were trying to end the filibuster. It was completely predictable that President Donald Trump would call on Senate ...