President Donald Trump has begun tying his desire to repeal the Senate‘s filibuster rule to next year‘s midterm elections and the 2028 presidential contest, contending that Republicans will perform better if they can ram their legislative agenda through the upper chamber.
The Senate filibuster rule, which tends to frustrate the party in the majority and is preferred by the minority party, requires 60 senators to support ending debate in the chamber so that a vote on the measure in question can be held.
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