McConnell's Blockade of Legislation Faces Big Test

[DonViejo]

June 18, 2019 at 9:30 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Ron Brownstein: “McConnell has been the immovable object: He’s frustrated House Democrats by systematically blocking Senate votes so far on the lengthening list of bills they have passed, from gun control to additional protections for patients with preexisting health problems.”

“But McConnell’s blockade faces a new challenge as the House turns to a series of bills meant to fight foreign interference in the 2020 election. Those measures, aimed at defending fundamental American institutions from foreign subversion, may be tougher for the Kentucky Republican to portray as partisan overreach than the bills the House has passed so far. And that could make them an irresistible force that strains his overall strategy of preventing action on any House legislation.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2019/06/18/mcconnells-blockade-of-legislation-faces-big-test/

[mr_lebowski]

2. Lol ... AS IF! Let's not kid ourselves ...

As long as the media ignores McTurtle's treachery in favor of slavishly and slobberingly covering every ridiculous utterance and tweet of their cash cow IQ45, that asshat doesn't have to hold a vote on JACK SHIT. He won't be held to account because 40% of the public LOVES that he refuses to do a fucking thing with ANY bill passed by the House (no matter what is in it).

And of the other 60%, most of THEM are apathetic as hell, and without the media harping about it like it's crisis it really is ... with concerned talking heads on Teevee repeatedly explaining to them why this is completely outrageous and abnormal, it won't register to hardly anyone but us DU-types, i.e. the people who follow politics.

I fully expect f***face to refuse to allow votes on Protecting our Democracy in 2020 just like he's done with everything else coming from the House. He'll call it 'Outrageous Socialism From teh House Dems!' ... and that'll be that.

[lark]

3. Ha, Mitch doesn't give a flip, he's been paid to block all good laws and by damn he'll do it.

There is nothing that will get him off the dime if the repug Senators continue to support him. The entire repug party has morphed into the Russian Repugs and they are not looking back. They want that red $$ and election stealing and by damn, they will get it.