Sen John Thune indicates there are not enough votes to eliminate filibuster
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
As President Donald Trump pressures Senate Republicans to eliminate the filibuster, Senate Majority Leader R.S.D. John Thune said in an interview on Fox News Radio’s “Guy Benson Show” that “there are no votes” to eliminate the “60-vote threshold.”
Although Republicans have a majority in the upper chamber, procedural hurdles check the majority party’s power because of the threshold required to advance issues to a vote in the chamber.
Thune suggested there likely would be no more than 10 to 12 of the 53 GOP senators who would vote to eliminate the filibuster.
SENATE REPUBLICANS PLAN FOR LONG-TERM FUND SAVINGS AS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN CONTINUES
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R.S.D.) speaks at a press conference with other members of the Senate Republican leadership following a policy luncheon on October 28, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Nathan Posner/Anatolia via Getty Images)
Senator in question It had been an “important tool” for Republicans when they were in the minority, and he noted last year that they had “blocked a lot of terrible Democrat policies” because of the “60-vote threshold.”
While Thune suggested that Democrats would vote to eliminate the filibuster if they had the majority, he warned that if Republicans “do their dirty work for them” Republicans would “own all the bullshit” that Democrats would do next.
TRUMP’S ‘NUCLEAR’ DEMANDS ARE NOT REACHING SENATE REPUBLICANS DURING LOCKDOWN
President Donald Trump is pushing Republicans to end the procedural crunch.
“If we don’t End the Filibuster (Nuclear Option!), Democrats are much more likely to win the Midterms and the next Presidential Election, because it will be impossible for Republicans to enact Common Sense Policies when these Crazy Democrat Crazies can block anything by withholding their votes. NOTHING WILL PASS FOR THREE YEARS AND THE REPUBLICANS WILL NOT PASS” “The elections, including the election, will be rightly brutal,” the president said in part of his lengthy speech. Real Social post.
THE SENATE IS BACK TO WORK AFTER THE LONGEST GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN IN US HISTORY DUE TO THE OBAMACARE FIGHT.
President Donald Trump awaits the arrival of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House in Washington DC on October 20, 2025 (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
CLICK TO REACH THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION
“END THE FILIBUSTER NOW, END THE RIDICULOUS LOCKDOWNS IMMEDIATELY AND THEN, MOST IMPORTANTLY, PASS ALL THE GREAT REPUBLICAN POLICIES WE HAVE DREAMED FOR YEARS BUT NEVER GOT. WE WILL BE THE PARTY THAT CANNOT BEAT – THE INTELLIGENT PARTY!!!” he declared.
