{"id":2595782,"date":"2026-04-27T16:30:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whca-dinner-shooting-reignites-gop-calls-to-nuke-senate-filibuster\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:33:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:33:49","slug":"whca-dinner-shooting-reignites-gop-calls-to-nuke-senate-filibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whca-dinner-shooting-reignites-gop-calls-to-nuke-senate-filibuster\/","title":{"rendered":"WHCA dinner shooting reignites GOP calls to nuke Senate filibuster"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhca-dinner-shooting-reignites-gop-calls-to-nuke-senate-filibuster%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2595782&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Republican senators are intensifying calls to abolish teh Senate filibuster in response to the weekend shooting at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner and the ongoing legislative fight over funding the department of Homeland Security (DHS). They argue the national security stakes-citing President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and othre officials present-make delaying DHS funding unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>The article explains that Democrats have been using the 60-vote threshold as mid-February to block DHS funding after negotiations over <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-to-nominate-texas-sheriff-to-lead-ice\/\" title=\"Biden to Nominate Texas Sheriff to Lead ICE\">federal immigration enforcement<\/a> broke<\/a> down. Republicans in the House have not approved a Senate-passed DHS funding measure that woudl fund most of the department, leaving parts such as Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent GOP figures-Ron Johnson, Mike Lee, and Rick Scott-say Republicans should \u201cnuke\u201d the filibuster using a simple majority vote so DHS can be funded promptly. The piece notes, however, that Republicans have previously lacked the votes to do so due to resistance from GOP leadership and other senators, and it remains unclear whether the attack will change that dynamic.<\/p>\n<p>It also adds that Republicans are pointing to the shooting as further justification for quickly completing Trump\u2019s new White House ballroom project, despite legal challenges. Separately, it notes that failing to reopen DHS is contributing to a proposed $70 billion plan to bypass Democrats on immigration enforcement through budget reconciliation, which could pass with only Republican votes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Republican senators are rallying around their calls to abolish the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/filibuster\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/filibuster\/\">filibuster <\/a>following the shooting at the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/White-House-Correspondents-Association\">White House Correspondents\u2019 Association<\/a> dinner over the weekend, a move they say is now more vital than ever to end the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-homeland-security\/\">Department of Homeland Security<\/a> shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have used the 60-vote threshold since Feb. 14 to block agency funding after policy negotiations broke down on federal immigration enforcement, and the GOP-led House has not approved a Senate-passed measure to fund most of DHS except for U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4544405\/whca-dinner-shooting-reignites-gop-calls-nuke-senate-filibuster\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>WHCA dinner shooting reignites GOP calls to nuke Senate filibuster<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4543698\/tillis-trump-federal-reserve-kevin-warsh\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Tillis says he\u2019ll vote to confirm Trump Fed chairman nominee Kevin Warsh<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4543653\/fetterman-graham-ballroom-after-shooting-scare\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Fetterman and Graham backs Trump White House ballroom after shooting scare<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cThe Democrats will do it when they get the majority,\u201d Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), referencing Democrats\u2019 support for nixing the filibuster when they were in the majority, said on Fox News\u2019 <em>Sunday Morning Futures<\/em>. \u201cAt a moment of national danger, if Democrats refuse to fund DHS, I will say this would be the time to nuke the filibuster for good.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Other conservatives made similar cases for Republicans to nuke the filibuster, which they could do with a simple majority vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo more delays. No more excuses,\u201d Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) posted to social media. \u201cIf Democrats still insist on filibustering DHS funding, it\u2019s time to nuke the filibuster. No more playing around. Senate GOP colleagues, who else is on board?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing the threat to the nation\u2019s most powerful government figures in the room, including President Donald Trump, Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"7658\">JD Vance<\/a>, and members of the Cabinet, Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said DHS and Secret Service should be \u201cfunded immediately\u201d by way of removing the filibuster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce again, someone tried to kill President Trump, and this time the perpetrator could have killed the Vice President and most of the cabinet,\u201d Scott tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The conservative trio of Johnson, Lee, and Scott often presents a powerful negotiating bloc during contentious policy debates, but their previous calls to end the filibuster have not convinced enough of their colleagues. Republicans have lacked the votes in the face of resistance from GOP leadership and other rank-and-file members, who fear further eroding of the filibuster would one day come back to bite them. It\u2019s unclear how, if at all, Saturday\u2019s assassination attempt on Trump may change the party\u2019s calculus.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump and other Republicans also pointed to the incident as the latest reason to support the swift completion of the president\u2019s new White House ballroom, which has faced delays amid ongoing lawsuits seeking to thwart the estimated $400 million project.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., confer before joining other conservative Republicans at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2024. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The alleged gunman, 31-year-old Cole Allen, was set to be arraigned in court on Monday after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/public-radio-reporter-arrested-for-firebombing-police-cars\/\" title=\"Public Radio ...Reporter\u201d Arrested For Firebombing Police Cars\">law enforcement officials<\/a> said he stormed a Secret Service perimeter Saturday night while armed in an attempt to gain entry into the main ballroom.<\/p>\n<p>The inability to reopen DHS is fueling a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4538070\/senate-immigration-enforcement-dhs-end-run\/\">$70 billion plan to end-run Democrats<\/a> on immigration enforcement through a process known as budget reconciliation, which could pass in the coming weeks with only Republican votes.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4543512\/terror-at-white-house-correspondents-dinner\/\">INSIDE THE ROOM: TERROR AT THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS\u2019 DINNER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has repeatedly bucked Democrats to vote with Republicans in favor of DHS funding to end the shutdown. But at least six more Democrats would be needed to clear a filibuster in the chamber that Republicans control 53-47.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll we need is seven Democrats \u2014 seven Democrats at this moment \u2014 to fund all of DHS in a moment of national risk,\u201d Johnson said in his Fox interview. \u201cIf we don\u2019t get that\u2026 we need to end that filibuster. This gridlock, this obnoxious obstruction by Democrats, cannot go on.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republicans push to abolish filibuster after WHCA shooting to end DHS shutdown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2595783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP24353777996773.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[69253,6203,34991,48688,78650],"class_list":["post-2595782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-campaign-politics","tag-gop","tag-gun-violence","tag-senate-filibuster","tag-whca-dinner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/AP24353777996773.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2595782"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2595786,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2595782\/revisions\/2595786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2595783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2595782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2595782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2595782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}