# Washington

President Donald Trump has called on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government after a month-long shutdown, breaking with majority Republicans who have long opposed such a move.

Trump said in a post on his social media site that “THE CHOICE IS CLEAR — ‘INITIATE THE NUCLEAR OPTION,’ GET RID OF THE FILIBUSTER.” Trump’s sudden decision to assert himself into the shutdown debate — bringing the highly charged demand to end the filibuster — is certain to set the Senate on edge. It could spur senators toward their own compromise or send the chamber spiraling toward a new sense of crisis. Trump has long called for Republicans to get rid of the Senate rule that requires 60 votes to overcome objections. The rule gives Democrats a check on the 53-seat Republican maj

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