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Trump Is Calling for the ‘Nuclear Option’ to Kill the Filibuster. What’s that Mean?

(Bloomberg) -- The peculiar US political phenomenon known as the filibuster is once again in focus. The filibuster is the prerogative enjoyed by the minority party in the Senate to demand never-ending ...
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What’s a filibuster? And why does Trump want to kill it?

EDITOR’S NOTE: A version of this story was first published in 2021, when Democrats were trying to end the filibuster. It was completely predictable that President Donald Trump would call on Senate ...