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McConnell won't allow vote on election reform bill
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/06/mcconnell-election-reform-bill-1207702
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hasnt shied away from publicly criticizing House Democrats electoral reform bill and the Green New Deal. But hell 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 wasnt 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 were trying to solve here? McConnell asked. People are flooding to the polls.
McConnell in February, however, said hell 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.
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2naSalit
(86,586 posts)He is a traitor and removes all doubt with every breath he takes. He needs to be ousted as party leader.
Of course I don't expect this to happen but it's what needs to happen.
irisblue
(32,971 posts)McConnell is & has been the most effective Majority Leader since Mike Mansfield(D Mt) in the Great Society Era of the 60s.
McConnell is also an evil traitor to the United States for covering up & over for the Russians
dajoki
(10,678 posts)lapucelle
(18,252 posts)explain to them how it works.