As reported, Democrats have made impossible demands simply to keep the government going for seven weeks while Congress meets to appropriate funds. It is obvious that the far-left of the Democrat party is demanding the endless shutdown to hurt President Trump at the expense of Americans. There is no end in sight. Some in the GOP have called for the nuclear option.
Surprisingly, Senator John Fetterman joined in and called for a carve out in the 60-vote requirement.
“There are no winners here. It’s not getting better every day here. People are going to start to get really hungry, and I’ve been fully, fully committed to fund SNAP, open up the government,” he said, before noting U.S. Capitol Police officers aren’t getting paid during the shutdown.
“This is just bad political theater. Open it up,” he said.
Asked if he would support Republicans “nuking” the filibuster to let a House-passed funding measure pass the Senate with a simple-majority vote, Fetterman replied affirmatively.
“Carve it out for that, absolutely,” he said of a proposal to create a carve-out in the 60-vote threshold for passing legislation through the Senate to allow the government to reopen.
“We ran on that. We ran on killing the filibuster, and now we love it. Carve it out so we can move on. I support it because it makes it more difficult to shut the government down in the future, and that’s where it’s entirely appropriate,” he said. “I don’t want to hear any Democrat clutching their pearls about the filibuster. We all ran on it.”
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Senator John Fetterman stunned reporters on Capitol Hill after backing Republicans’ call to “nuke the filibuster” to reopen the government.
REPORTER: “Some of your Republican colleagues have proposed ‘nuking’ the filibuster to force the government to reopen. What do you make of… pic.twitter.com/arEQljyWEa
— Overton (@overton_news) October 21, 2025
NO federal workers or DOD / military are being withheld money. Every one is given a 0% interest credit union bridge loan to hold them and their families over which essentially pays their salaries until a budget is established. It is a lie they are missing mortgage payments or going hungry. Once their salaries resume the bridge loans are repaid… Read more »
Pa. democrats are already looking to dump Fetterman in his next election. They will pick some loon to replace him and a republican will win the seat.
Fetterman makes a lot of sense. Wonder what be going on right now if Trump was still a democrat.
Thune and his gang of RINOs are not going to waive the filibuster rule. They are with the dems more than conservatives. They are not fiscal conservatives. Thune is a Mitch protege. These people are closet leftists. He is revealing himself over time. An example is his opposition to the tylenol cautions from RFK. The manufacturer also has those cautions.… Read more »
“They are with the dems more than conservatives. They are not fiscal conservatives.”
Very glad to see people waking to this truth.
The GOP HATES Trump and those of us with him.
The editor has made the point many times: the Democrats do not respect the voters! While they talk of democracy, they deny any result they do not like, while
hiding behind lies and archaic rules. The 60 vote rule must go; the blue slips must go. A theoretical 41% minority can’t hold the country hostage, nor one person control judgeships.
Democrats do not believe in the peaceful transition of power, even though it’s a democratic concept. Go figure. They all sound like Marxists to me.
Agreed , I have often felt that if Congress would adopt a 2/3 majority on ALL bills for passage , then our esteemed representatives would have to write bills that serve the interests of all , not just a certain few . The ‘ Pork’ that gets tacked on to every bill needs to go too , maybe this would… Read more »
The citizens love the “pork” when they get their share. They don’t like it when others get their share. That’s why you find so many long term politicians. They bring home the pork.