As Senate Republicans explore options to swiftly end a government shutdown, there is one procedural maneuver leadership is already firmly dismissing: changing the filibuster rules.
“That’s not in the cards,” Majority Whip John Barrasso told NOTUS. “We’re going to continue to bring this continuing resolution to the floor. Three Democrats voted with us yesterday. I know there’s some more that are considering it. We’re going to reopen the government.”
Multiple Senate Republicans told NOTUS they anticipate a drip-drip of Democrats will eventually support the GOP-led continuing resolution as a shutdown becomes politically and logistically painful in their home states.