As President Donald Trump intensifies his push to eliminate the Senate filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act, lawmakers are exposing familiar fault lines over when the chamber’s 60-vote rule should, and shouldn’t, apply.

Democratic senators avoided endorsing an outright elimination of the filibuster. Some defended exceptions for certain legislation, with several arguing it should stay in place while Republicans push to pass the SAVE Act through the Senate.

“I would want to know what specific measure it covered,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told Fox News Digital. “I’m in favor of eliminating the filibuster for specific measures, not…

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