Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that he wants the Senate to end its filibuster rule, weeks after the longest government shutdown in history was ended, warning that a similar delay tactic may be used again in January to initiate a new shutdown.
In an opinion article published by The Washington Post on Sunday, Bessent suggested that Democrats in the Senate may use the filibuster rule, which requires 60 votes to overcome, to again shut down the government if funding lapses again in January.
Bessent said the filibuster “has been romanticized as the Senate’s guardian of deliberation” in the Senate but is instead a “historical accident that has evolved into a standing veto for the minority.”…
Treasury Secretary Calls for End to Filibuster, Warns of New Shutdown in January
