On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that Republicans “need Democratic votes” to end the government shutdown “because of the filibuster,” and he still wants to eliminate the filibuster like he did back in 2021 because he thinks the filibuster is harmful.

Smith stated that, “because of the filibuster, now they need Democratic votes. The point of the filibuster is to force Democrats and Republicans to work together. But what Trump decided to do was no, the point is, we’re not going to negotiate with you, you just have to vote for our thing. And that’s not the way this is supposed to be approached. If they want to do a straightforward, 100% Republican budget, then, yeah, they ought to get rid of the filibuster and go ahead and just have Republicans vote

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