Cory Gardner threatens to block Senate from recess

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

Sen. Cory Gardner threatened Wednesday to block the Senate from leaving for Memorial Day recess, citing the need to pass coronavirus legislation.

When asked whether he would object to the Senate leaving, the Colorado Republican replied: “if they try to make a unanimous consent, you bet.” The move could prompt the Senate to take a roll call vote on whether to leave.

“We have an opportunity to perfect the Paycheck Protection Program, and to pass legislation to help infrastructure, to create stimulus jobs, economic opportunity, we should be doing everything we can to accomplish that,” he said. “We need to get the job done.”


The Senate is expected to leave Thursday for a week-long recess and return to Washington on June 1.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/20/cory-gardner-senate-recess-271649

[abbeyco]

1. He's a grandstanding jackass.

He’s afraid to come home to constituents who hate him so I’m sure he’d rather stay in DC.

[LonePirate]

2. This might be the only useful thing he has done since he was elected.

[Hassler]

3. Gardner is running scared for re-election.

[turbinetree]

4. So this jerk now wants to do something.................because he is losing his seat...........

you kept a crimnal in power, you had the power to remove the sociopath from office, your a jerk............... you should have just come out and said that you support the new Hero's bill passed by the House.............that's is your job.............country over party............your record shows that you are an abject failure...............

https://covid19.colorado.gov/data/case-data

[RainCaster]

5. Too little... too late

Nice try Corey

[gibraltar72]

6. Little late to pretend you give a shit Cory.

[not fooled]

7. Blood on your hands

and on the hands of all GOPee senators who voted to keep the sociopath in office.

And now they don't want to help the American people. Pitching a hissy fit can't hide that fact.

[keithbvadu2]

8. No matter what the reasoning might be, I really like the idea.

Put them on record.

[paleotn]

9. Roll call! Roll call!

Fabulous cannon fodder for the Fall elections. Americans are literally hungry and the Rethugs decided to not only do nothing, but to go home and celebrate memorial day. Besides the moral depravity of such a move, it's political stupidity in the extreme.

Gardner is pulling out all the stops in what's probably a futile attempt to keep his job. Hickenlooper leads him significantly in recent polling.

[rpannier]

10. While I like the idea

I'm certain Susan Collins is probably concerned about it

[Tactical Peek]

11. "if they try to make a unanimous consent, you bet."

“if they try to make a unanimous consent, you bet.”

But what about the Senate Democrats? Wouldn't Schumer and practically every D object to leaving with work left unfinished? So who would care a rat's ass about Gardner's objection?

I must be missing something.

[OnDoutside]

12. Poor Cory wants to fill up with Senate memories before he leaves forever.