WHCA dinner shooting reignites GOP calls to nuke Senate filibuster

Republican senators are rallying around their calls to abolish the filibuster following the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner over the weekend, a move they say is now more vital than ever to end the Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

Democrats have used the 60-vote threshold since Feb. 14 to block agency funding after policy negotiations broke down on federal immigration enforcement, and the GOP-led House has not approved a Senate-passed measure to fund most of DHS except for U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.