House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) publicly broke with President Donald Trump Monday after speaking out against eliminating the filibuster, which Trump has demanded Republicans do in recent days.Trump ordered Republicans “terminate the filibuster” – a procedural rule in the Senate that allows a membe...
Because he knows for a fact that GOP members will defect as soon as a simple majority is possible.
Nope. And even if it was, the HOUSE speaker has no authority over SENATE rules and procedures.
The headline is really dumb. Why are they even asking him to begin with when there are a bunch of senators around to talk to?
Probably either because all of the senators declined to comment or didn’t say something they could twist into a man bites dog headline.