| Win McNamee/Getty Images After health care failure, Trump calls for change to legislative filibuster 
 
 President Donald Trump responded to the failure of the Republican health care bill on Friday by calling for a change to Senate rules so that 51 votes are needed to pass legislation instead of 60 — even though the bill that went down early that morning had, in fact, only needed 51 votes to pass, but didn’t get them. “So many great future bills & budgets need 60 votes.” 
 
 Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said repeatedly that he has no interest in doing away with the 60-vote threshold on most legislation. At least three separate proposals to approve some form of repealing or replacing the Affordable Care Act failed to get the support of 50 Republican senators.
– President Trump's proposed solution after the failure of the GOP health care bill Friday: Change Senate rules so that only 51 yes votes, not 60, are needed for legislation to pass. Trump has made this pitch before, though it would not have saved the GOP's health care bill overnight—it managed only 49 votes, with three Republicans joining Democrats in voting no. Trump followed up his initial tweet to acknowledge that fact, Politico reports: First tweet, 9:46am: If Republicans are going to pass great future legislation in the Senate, they must immediately go to a 51 vote majority, not senseless 60... Second tweet, 10am: ...Even though parts of healthcare could pass at 51, some really good things need 60. So many great future bills & budgets need 60 votes.... As CNBC explains, the Senate was using the budget reconciliation process to pass the repeal bill, which is why it only required a 51-vote majority. Trump has called repeatedly for the Senate to change the filibuster rules for all bills, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has so far disagreed.