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Trump: GOP 'Wasting Time' If They Don't Scrap Filibuster Rule

Trump: GOP 'Wasting Time' If They Don't Scrap Filibuster Rule
(AP)

Wednesday, 23 August 2017 11:44 AM EDT

President Donald Trump on Wednesday took to Twitter in another attempt to shame Senate Republicans into changing the filibuster rules.

Trump, still smarting from the upper chamber's failure to pass repeal legislation of Obamacare, has repeatedly hammered away at Republicans to change Senate rules, something Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly vowed not to do.

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday took to Twitter in another attempt to shame Senate Republicans into changing the filibuster rules.
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