Trump's push to abolish the Senate filibuster hits immediate Republican resistance

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is pushing Senate Republicans to abolish the 60-vote filibuster rule in order to reopen the shuttered government without Democratic votes. But in a rarity for the president, he’s hitting firm and immediate resistance from his own party. “It is now time for the Republicans to play their ‘TRUMP CARD,’ and go for what is called the Nuclear Option — Get rid of the Filibuster, and get rid of it, NOW!” he wrote in a pair of late-night social media posts Thursday. “

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