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The filibuster has long forced senators to compromise. Can it survive 2026?

NPR | By Eric McDaniel

Published April 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM CDT

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President Trump wants to do away with the filibuster in order to pass the Save America Act. But many Senate Republicans are reluctant, wary of what it would mean if they were to lose their majority.