WASHINGTON—Amid a long-running shutdown, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has consistently defended the filibuster.
That center has so far held.
A Republican-backed continuing resolution has failed to net the 60 votes needed to avert a filibuster, prompting some Republicans to flirt with the idea of altering it—a move last pursued by Democrats during the Biden administration.
Yet despite some chatter a few days ago, lawmakers who spoke with The Epoch Times have mostly remained skeptical of such a maneuver.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) told reporters on Oct. 23 that the nuclear option—another term for a Senate rules change to sidestep the filibuster—would be “a mistake.”…