Trump’s calls to scrap Senate filibuster reach a fever pitchColorado Politics reports that President Donald Trump, during the ongoing government shutdown, repeatedly demanded the Senate end its 60-vote filibuster — on a Sunday, in a 60 Minutes interview, and in Truth Social posts — so Republicans could pass his agenda with a simple majority. Senate Republicans, including Majority Leader John Thune, who has vowed never to end the filibuster, rejected the idea, while SNAP funding has run out and courts ordered the administration to fund it through a contingency fund.