The top two Republicans in Congress are showing no interest in taking the unprecedented step of ending the legislative filibuster, just hours after President Donald Trump made a fresh demand for the Senate to do so to end the government shutdown.

The Senate majority leader is unwilling to pursue the “nuclear option” to blow past a Democratic filibuster and reopen the government.

Leader Thune’s position on the importance of the legislative filibuster is unchanged,” Ryan Wrasse, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), said in a statement. Public blames GOP more than Democrats for shutdown ahead of SNAP funding deadline GOP split: More senators push to restore food stamps despite shutdown Joni Ernst has novel approach to solving government's unused buildings problem: Spirit Halloween House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA),

Trump is ramping up pressure on Republicans to abolish the Senate filibuster—an action known as the “nuclear option.”