This Republican admits GOP could end its shutdown now

GOP Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on July 15.

Republican Rep. Jason Smith appeared on Maria Bartiromo’s Fox Business show Wednesday, where he shifted responsibility for ending the GOP-driven government shutdown onto Senate Republicans. 

“I think that if this continues too long, that the Senate should have a real conversation about, in the time of a government shutdown, to look at making sure that you can pass a continuation of funding with just 51 votes,” Smith said. 

“So you want to go to that nuclear option, then?” Bartiromo asked.

“I don't consider that a nuclear option,” Smith replied.

Republicans remain consistent in one regard: calling to eliminate the Senate filibuster whenever it is politically convenient for them to do so.

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