Utah Sen. John Curtis is opposing calls from President Donald Trump to eliminate the filibuster to end the government shutdown, defending the traditional rule as being crucial to bipartisanship in lawmaking.

“The filibuster forces us to find common ground in the Senate. Power changes hands, but principles shouldn’t,” Curtis said in a post on X. “I’m a firm no on eliminating it.”

Curtis’ statement came directly in response to Trump’s demand to GOP senators to “play their ‘Trump Card’” by going nuclear to “get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!” The filibuster has been in place for centuries in the Senate as a delay tactic to block votes as it requires a two-thirds majority, or 60 votes, to end debate on certain pieces of legislation.

This has given the minority party power th

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