NEW: Sen. Fetterman Tells GOP to Nuke the Filibuster And End the Schumer Shutdown

Hotair ^ | 10/21/2025 | Ed Morrissey

[onona]

Hard no. They own it

[tumblindice]

“Let Schumer twist in the wind with his filibuster as long as he wants.”
This.
Never interrupt your enemy when he’s screwing the pooch on live TV.

[Secret Agent Man]

I am fine with it. Let Chuck own it for once. Democrats will be losing jobs permanently so its still serious winning.

[for-q-clinton]

Exactly. Make some democrats face their voters wrath. Keep it closed and keep firing democrats in gov’t.

[MarlonRando]

never end the government shutdown. Why would you ever want these fools (every last one of them down to the last man, woman and lizard) to go back to the devil’s work. We are doing fine without them. Let them work in food service.

[lightman]

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[KarlInOhio]

Don't eliminate the filibuster. Instead, enforce it. The Democrats should now be over five hundred hours of holding the floor speaking constantly. No vacations, no weekends, no holidays, no nights off. And the Republicans should be holding them to the rules. If they start wandering off have a quorum call and a quick vote. If they start breaking the rules of speaking on the floor, hit them with points of order. If they start babbling like Biden, you have some great video for their reelection campaign. If Bernie drops, well that's one fewer vote you need to beak the filibuster.

Instead, the Republicans let the Democrats phone it in. Bleh!

[DIRTYSECRET]

We’ve got his permission. Does it count?

[bigbob]

Keep it shut down til Schumer says calf rope, Leroy.

[bigbob]

Keep it shut down til Schumer says calf rope, Leroy.

[Polanski]

What is this all about anyway? ACA for US citizens or illegals only?

[georgiarat]

Sorry but I don’t want the shutdown to last forever. I want our military paid. I want our air traffic controllers paid. I want our Ice
Agents paid.

I want the filibuster ended. We have less than a year to get policies and appts through Congress. The Democrat Senators will block every effort. If we do the right things on policy and we lose then so be it. We will lose if we are not bold enough to make serious changes while .trump is President. We cannot make those changes with the current filibuster requirement of 60 votes.

[dagunk]

No.

The filibuster is admittedly a pain in the lower backside but it’s what stops mob rule by simple majorities. Keep it.

[MinorityRepublican]

The Democrat Senators will block every effort.

The Democrats will be happy to shut down the government until the Midterms.

So the Republicans should wait until November and if there's no deal.

Nike the filibuster.

[ProgressingAmerica]

Republicans would get “killed” so to say without the filibuster, senatorially.

The Democrats can always peel off 3-5 liberal republicans. There’s always Murkowski, there’s often a Romney or two in the wind, and Graham frequently goes. McCain used to be reliably Democrat too and even Cornyn and McConnell have been squish.

Keep the filibuster.

[vpintheak]

These are-holes are getting paid no matter what. They don’t give a crap about anything but power. We know what’s going on.

[Bernard]

As long as we are searching for solutions, how about scrapping the current CR and proposing an actual spending budget for the entire fiscal year, ending 9/30/2026? You know, like this country used to do.

We are already starting week 4 of a 7 week CR. So even if it passes on 10/22, we have another round of this scheduled for a few weeks from now.

I for one am really tired of "CR Fatigue" and I'm ready for a return to how we made ourselves GREAT in the first place. Pass an annual budget now and stop the every 2 month clown show.

[frank ballenger]

If the Dems win the propaganda war (and they control the news media) then it will be destructive to keep it going.

But I say do not negotiate with Dem terrorists to release the hostage people who need their paychecks, or the air traffic control people. Let them all riot against the Dems (maybe like the Bonus Army after WWI).

Don’t let money for illegals and money for worse Obamacare be payment to the Dem terrorists.

If CNN is true in polls:
In a Reuters-Ipsos poll conducted October 15-20, Americans blamed congressional Republicans more than Democrats, 50%-43%.

The gap was larger in a CNBC poll conducted October 8-12. It showed Americans blamed Trump and the Republicans over Democrats, 53%-37%. (Independents blamed Trump by a nearly 3-to-1 margin, 58%-21%.)

Before the shutdown started, polls showed the blame game favoring Democrats by between 7 and 11 points. Polling since it started has shown it favoring Democrats by between 7and 17 points.

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If Newsweek is right:
Polls show the blame is nearly split. A new AP-NORC survey found that 60 percent of Americans say President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans are largely responsible for the shutdown — but 54 percent say the same of congressional Democrats. The overlap reflects a broader mood: many voters blame both parties. Majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents all agree: this standoff is a problem, and it’s getting worse.

[cross_bearer_02]

I disagree. These chains hang heavy on Schumer’s neck. Let it rest on him like an albatross for as long as he and his cohorts are determined to keep their collective heads firmly implanted up their rear ends.