President Donald Trump wants Senate Republicans to gut the Senate filibuster, but it's a request that puts his quick-fix desire to end the shutdown at odds with the GOP’s long-held defense of the filibuster.The Senate filibuster is the 60-vote threshold that applies to most bills in the upper chamber, and given the nature of the thin majorities that either party has commanded in recent years, that means that legislation typically has to be bipartisan to advance.It has also proven to be the main roadblock in reopening the government. Despite Republicans controlling the upper chamber, they have...

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