Chip Roy floats nuclear option on Senate filibuster to end shutdown

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) connected Monday floated the usage of the “nuclear option” to extremity the shutdown and get astir Senate filibuster rules that necessitate a 60-vote bulk to reopen the government. “We request to beryllium taking a look astatine the 60 ballot threshold. We truly do,” Roy told reporters Monday. Senate rules necessitate support…