To Ram Through Unpopular Agenda, Trump Urges GOP to Kill Senate Filibuster

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Published by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 31/05/2017 - 3:17am

Common Dreams staff

President Donald Trump indicated to Republicans on Tuesday that they should ignore widespread voter disapproval of his agenda as he urged them to once again jettison filibuster rules in the U.S. Senate in order to ram through a bill that would strip health coverage from an estimated 23 million people over the next decade and pass massive tax cuts for the nation's wealthiest individuals and corporations.