It’s possible that at some point over the next four years, Donald Trump – who demanded an overhaul of what he called the “outdated” Senate filibuster during his first term – will again grow impatient with the upper chamber’s 60-vote threshold for passing legislation.
But if he calls for its abolition, as he did not too long ago, he will run into opposition from at least one of the Republican senators who once had his ear. During a wide-ranging interview with National Review about his commerce committee chairmanship, Senator Ted Cruz (R., Tex.) expressed his own newfound commitment to protecting the Senate’s arcane rule.
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