"He will make their lives a living hell, one Trump adviser told Axios while describing the president's strategy for getting GOP lawmakers on board. He will call them at three o'clock in the morning. He will blow them up in their districts. He will call them un-American. He will call them old creatures of a dying institution. Believe you me, he's going to make their lives just hell. He's really mad about this, added a second adviser."
"The filibuster rule is often frustrating, but its virtue is that it serves as a check on passing extreme laws with narrow majorities. It also gives the minority party a voice when it controls neither House of Congress nor the White House. It forces compromise. It also reduces the chances of a ping-pong effect of passage, repeal, and passage again that leads to economic and legal uncertainty, argued the Journal."
President Donald Trump is pressing Republican senators to abolish the Senate filibuster and end the 60-vote requirement to end debate. He plans aggressive pressure tactics including late-night phone calls, attacks in senators' districts, and public denunciations labeling senators un-American or relics of a dying institution. Trump urged immediate termination of the filibuster and rapid passage of long-sought Republican policies in a Truth Social post. Senate Majority Leader John Thune has resisted, saying the votes are not there. The Wall Street Journal argued the filibuster checks extreme laws, preserves minority voice, forces compromise, and prevents repeated legislative reversals that create economic and legal uncertainty. Some senators may mirror short-term opportunism to curry favor.
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