McConnell can't hide his disdain for democracy

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2. How many misstatements are in McConnell's whiny statement?

The House proposal is to make Election Day a holiday. McConnell calls that day "A brand-new week of paid vacation." Apparently Sen. McConnell thinks federal employees operate on the same calendar his Senate does: It takes the Senate a week to conduct a day's worth of business.

The House proposal is to have federal employees at polling places to help facilitate elections and assist voters, not "hover around." I don't think even legislation has the power to make people fly. McConnell assumes the federal employees will be working for "our colleagues on the other side." Since the assistance will be rendered to American voters, I guess McConnell's colleagues consist of not Americans and not voters.

As for a "taxpayer-subsidized clearinghouse for political campaign funding," it sounds like McConnell has gotten this bill confused with the Supreme Court's decisions in Buckley and Citizens United.