Washington: US Senate Republicans oppose changing the chamber's rules so that legislation to fund the government and end the current shutdown could pass with a simple majority, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Sunday.

The spokesman was responding to a question about President Donald Trump's comment on Twitter that if the shutdown stalemate continued, Republicans should fund the government by changing Senate rules that currently require a super-majority for appropriations bills to pass. Republicans have a slim majority in the Senate.

"The Republican Conference opposes changing the rules on legislation," the spokesman for McConnell said in an email.

Won't Change Rule To Try To End US Shutdown: Senate Republicans

The spokesman was responding to a question about President Donald Trump's comment on Twitter that if the shutdown stalemate continued, Republicans should fund the government by changing Senate rules.