{"id":14229,"date":"2025-10-09T16:01:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate-wont-touch-filibuster-to-end-shutdown-thune-says\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:01:46","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:01:46","slug":"senate-wont-touch-filibuster-to-end-shutdown-thune-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/senate-wont-touch-filibuster-to-end-shutdown-thune-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate won\u2019t touch filibuster to end shutdown, Thune says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune<\/a> shot down speculation that Republicans would deploy the so-called nuclear option to break the funding stalemate.<\/p>\n

The idea has gained traction on social media, particularly among Democrats who already support getting rid of the 60-vote threshold needed for legislation. But it found a new footing when a sliver of GOP lawmakers \u2014 including Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a> (R-Ga.) and Sen. Bernie Moreno<\/a> (R-Ohio) \u2014 suggested that it should be an option on the table.<\/p>\n

Thune, asked about the possibility, said Thursday he is opposed to changing the legislative filibuster and indicated that he had not gotten pressure from the White House to do so.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always a lot of swirl out there, as you know, from social media, et cetera, but no, I have not had that conversation,\u201d Thune said when asked if the White House was advocating for the move.<\/p>\n

Deploying the nuclear option \u2014 where the Senate changes its rules by a simple majority vote \u2014 would require near unity in the Senate GOP. A few members have flirted with the idea \u2014 including Moreno, who said during a Fox News interview this week that \u201cmaybe it\u2019s time to think about the filibuster.\u201d<\/p>\n

But a larger swath of Republicans don\u2019t have much of an interest in getting rid of the hurdle. Nuking the legislative filibuster sparks unease and outright opposition with a number of GOP senators, who worry that it will come back to bite them when they are in the minority.<\/p>\n

Thune, when he became majority leader in January, reiterated his support for the legislative filibuster. And Sen. John Barrasso<\/a> (R-Wyo.), the No. 2 Senate Republican, reiterated Thursday he also does not support getting rid of it.<\/p>\n

They got support from Speaker Mike Johnson<\/a> this week. The Louisiana Republican said that while it\u2019s ultimately a decision for the Senate, he believed it would be a misstep.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it possible? Yes. \u2026 Is it wise? A lot of people would tell you it’s not,\u201d he told reporters Wednesday. \u201cI mean, on the Republican side, I would be deeply concerned if the Democrats had a bare majority in the Senate right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meredith Lee Hill contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Senate Majority Leader John Thune shot down speculation that Republicans would deploy the so-called nuclear option to break the funding stalemate. The idea has gained traction on social media, particularly among Democrats who already support getting rid of the 60-vote threshold needed for legislation. But it found a new footing when a sliver of GOP […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14229\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}