McConnell won't allow vote on election reform bill

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hasn’t shied away from publicly criticizing House Democrats’ electoral reform bill and the Green New Deal. But he’ll only allow the Green New Deal to get a Senate vote on the floor.

Republicans ripped into the House Democrats’ electoral reform bill, H.R. 1, at a press conference Wednesday, arguing that the legislation was merely a tactic to tilt elections in favor of Democrats. McConnell, who has dubbed the bill the “Democrat Politician Protection Act,” said that the bill is “offensive to average voters” and will not get any floor time in the Senate.

When asked at a press conference why he wasn’t bringing the House electoral reform bill to the Senate floor, McConnell responded, with a grin: "Because I get to decide what we vote on.”

“What is the problem we’re trying to solve here?” McConnell asked. “People are flooding to the polls.”

McConnell in February, however, said he’ll bring a vote on the Green New Deal, the resolution led by freshman Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), in order to challenge Democrats on the measure that Republicans say is far to the left of most Americans.

The bill is slated to pass the Democratically-controlled House this week, fulfilling a campaign promise many members made in the last election cycle to overhaul elections.

The legislation contains a series of voting reforms Democrats have long pushed for, including automatic voter registration, expansion of early voting, an endorsement of D.C. statehood and a requirement that independent commissions oversee House redistricting. In addition, the bill requires “dark money” groups to disclose donors.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mcconnell-wont-allow-vote-on-election-reform-bill/ar-BBUsG3Y?li=BBnb7Kz

[uponit7771]

1. Yep, Moscow Mitch is prolly getting paid by the Russians too. The bill is very practical ....

[Hortensis]

2. Of course. This reforms bill will be disastrous to their

corruption of government and theft of elections. They'll fight most of it tooth and nail.

They'll need to be able to run on something other than cheating, though, so perhaps a piece here and there will be passed over the next 605 days, such as automatic universal voter registration, which is very popular. But by far most will wait until we control the senate as well.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

9. and, as you pointed out to me in another thread ...

[Hortensis]

13. :) Yes, way past time to give him/them credit

for what they're up to. The prospect of losing the power of the vote maybe wouldn't scare as many as not having coverage for preexisting conditions does, but the one goes with the other as surely as heart attack goes with crippling bills and death.

[Fullduplexxx]

3. Getting everyone to the polls is seen as a dem power grab

[Instant Liberal]

4. How is it in a democracy

That one man can decide what Congress is "allowed to" vote on? Yet another reason Dems must retake the Senate.

[marble falls]

5. He'll go down with the ship. What does he care? He's old and he's extremely wealthy.

[More_Cowbell]

6. "I get to decide what we vote on" needs to run on a continuous loop until the 2020 election

What a jerk.

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. I keep asking this rhetorical question and HATE that

it must be asked in this form: HOW THE FUCK CAN ONE PERSON HAVE SO MUCH POWER?

[MyOwnPeace]

8. Garland - voter rights..........

Wow, what a legacy.

[Volaris]

10. Gods how I want this reptilian motherfucker put in prison.

[Kablooie]

11. It's as if his one no vote on a bill overrides everyone else's vote.

If he doesn't want a bill to pass he can just prevent it from being voted on and it fails.

How can he have this power?
It's totally undemocratic to give one man this power.

[Hugin]

12. Take notice. The only thing this accomplished is protecting Trump.

Because, the Blorange Blunder would surely veto it.

And, that's exactly what a savvy politician would do if his own office and majority was where his interest lay.

So, why is McConeel carrying water for Trump at his and his own party's expense?

[DeminPennswoods]

14. Someone will attach this bill to a bill(s) that

either "must pass" or are very popular like defense spending.

[crazycatlady]

15. I hope history remembers him as an obstructionist

[Demsrule86]

16. He must bring it up within a certain amount of time...waiting for the last moment .

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mcconnell-senate-likely-pass-measure-terminating-trump-s-national-emergency-n979006

[oasis]

17. March 7, 1965. Bloody Sunday in Selma Alabama. Voter Rights.

The struggle continues.

[spanone]

18. Fuck you mcconnell