Fighting the government-closing Democratic filibuster

Byron York, Washington Examiner

If Trump were to launch a full-court press — announcements in the Oval Office, etc., he

could stress a very clear, simple message. The basics: No. 1, here is the bill to fund the government that the House has passed. No. 2, it is a straight bill, no tricks, identical to one agreed to by Democrats just this year. No. 3, Senate Democrats are using the filibuster to stop it. No. 4, the president and the GOP will negotiate the Democrats’ concerns, but only after they reopen the government. No. 5, everything depends on lifting the filibuster.