‘Immediately Do It’ — President Donald Trump Issues Order, Congress is Scrambling

Democrats held their own closed-door lunch Thursday to discuss strategy but stopped short of announcing support for the proposed compromise. According to CBS News, Democratic negotiators are weighing whether to accept the spending package in exchange for a promised vote on extending health care subsidies — a key party priority heading into 2026.

While talks continue, Trump is urging Senate Republicans to bypass negotiations altogether by eliminating the filibuster, which requires 60 votes to advance most legislation.

Speaking at an Oval Office press conference Thursday, the president said the rule has become an obstacle to conservative governance and warned that Democrats would scrap it immediately if they regained control of the Senate.

“I think it’s time for them to end the filibuster and just put everybody back to work,” Trump said. “Vote in voter ID, vote in no mail-in voting except for the military, far away military and people that are very sick. I’d like to see one-day voting. I’d like to clean up the elections, secure the border, and pass fair immigration laws. We could do it all ourselves — but to do that, you have to end the filibuster.”

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