WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump late Thursday renewed his call to eliminate the filibuster to force through legislation ending the government shutdown, but his plea is unlikely to get much traction among the Republicans who control the Senate.

WASHINGTON >> President Donald Trump called for the removal of the Senate’s filibuster rule to bypass a Democratic roadblock during the government shutdown now in its 30th day.

Republicans on Friday showed little sign of heeding President Donald Trump's latest call to jettison the Senate filibuster to bypass a Democratic roadblock to reopening the government.

Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump threw himself into the shutdown debate, calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government, an idea swiftly rejected Friday by Republican leaders who have long opposed such a move. Trump pushed his Republican Party to get rid of…

The president pushed his Republican Party to get rid of the Senate rule that requires 60 votes to overcome objections and gives the minority Democrats a check on GOP power.