“Upon reflection, the pursuit of those short-term wins clouded the bigger picture and lasting impact of a Senate without the filibuster — a Senate that ignored the voices of the minority and everyday people,” Fetterman wrote.
Thune has faced considerable pressure from President Donald Trump to pass the SAVE America Act, including by reforming Senate rules to bypass or eliminate the filibuster.
The legislation, if passed would also significantly alter the Senate’s confirmation role for justices.
Four Republicans -- guess who? -- joined Democrats Tuesday in passing a resolution telling Trump to pull U.S. troops out of Iran War.
The president has been unhappy with pushback from Republican senators and a resistance to abandoning the filibuster to pass new voting restrictions.
Senate leaders, especially Majority Leader John Thune, have strongly resisted any reform to the filibuster.
The president upended the majority leader’s plans by yanking his intelligence nominee from a confirmation hearing and insisting on an end to the filibuster.
The shift the past few weeks has been subtle but unmistakable: John Thune sounds like a man who's had it with President Trump. Why it matters: In a departure from the past 18 months, the Senate majority leader has publicly broken with the president on a string of recent controversies. - It's a sign that Trump's sway with congressional Republicans is waning as he approaches the back half of his term. The latest: Trump named Bill Pulte — a MAGA attack dog who's used his position as the federal housing finance chief to go after the president's enemies — acting director of national intelligence on Tuesday, despite a resume with no apparent intelligence experience. - Thune's verdict: "We don't need a weaponized DNI, we need professionals…
Senate Republicans ultimately deadlocked over whether to include restrictions on the Department of Justice’s controversial new “anti-weaponization fund” within the filibuster-proof bill.
The Senate parliamentarian is responsible for making sure legislation complies with Senate rules.