"Terminate the filibuster, not just for the shutdown, but for everything else," Trump wrote Nov. 2 on Truth Social. He said Democrats would end the filibuster "immediately, as soon as they get the chance. Our doing it will not give them the chance."

Trump is ramping up pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action known as the “nuclear option.”

The Senate failed for the 14th time to advance a bill to end the government shutdown, now the longest in U.S. history.

The government shutdown on Wednesday entered its 36th day, officially becoming the longest shutdown in U.S. history. That means the two longest shutdowns in American politics have occurred under President Donald Trump, with the previous 35-day record having been set during his first term in 2019.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says the votes “aren’t there” to eliminate the filibuster to reopen the federal government and pushed back on President Trump’s prediction that the

And on Wednesday morning, Trump could take his most significant action yet as he hosts Republican senators at the White House, buoyed by the belief there is a critical mass of Democrats who are ready to end the likely record-breaking government shutdown.