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White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett lent his support to President Donald Trump, calling for Republicans to end the filibuster to bring the government shutdown to an end in an interview Friday on "The Story."

"Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!" the president wrote on Truth Social , saying Republicans should use what he referred to as the "nuclear option."

The "nuclear option" would remove a 60-vote threshold, leading Republicans to only require a simple majority to pass their federal funding bill.

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Hassett agreed that the filibuster should be "on the table" because the Democrats might "try to kee

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