McConnell looks at longer workweeks for Senate to keep Dems from campaigning: report

[Julian Englis]

Source: The Hill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is reportedly looking to hold longer workweeks as a way to keep vulnerable Democratic senators off the campaign trail.

White House legislative director Marc Short told a group of GOP donors this week that McConnell planned to prolong the Senate's workweek in order to reduce the amount of time vulnerable Democrats can spend campaigning, according to The Washington Examiner.

One GOP donor told the Examiner that the tactic is intended to keep Democrats, like Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.), Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.), "tied up from campaigning."

Heitkamp, Manchin and McCaskill are among a handful of Senate Democrats facing potentially tough reelection bids in states won by President Trump in 2016.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/383855-mcconnell-looks-at-longer-workweeks-for-senate-to-keep-dems-from-campaigning

[Soxfan58]

1. How low can they go.

[lark]

2. Just say no, Dem senators.

Unless there is an important vote, leave on Thurs.

[Chemisse]

3. He knows the Republicans can't win honestly.

So is digging yet again into his bag of dirty tricks.

[PatSeg]

13. My thought exactly

Republicans can't win without cheating. I think that could end up being their downfall. More and more people are seeing they are devoid of ideas or solutions and they don't know how to govern.

[beachbum bob]

4. I guess McConnel is ignoring the republican senators who are at risk

its a 2 edge sword.

[machoneman]

12. Exactly!

It hurts both sides. But, on the other hand, since none expect any serious legislation to come out of the Senate anyway before the November elections, why the talk? It's simply to show the deplorable base McTurtle is doing something to harm the Dems. Fat chance at harm done!

It's all the harm Trumpanzee is doing to the Senate and House members, first bit by bit. Now, it's full scale war between the two camps as Trump is determined not to be their 'boy'. Odd too until the big Republiscum donors start withholding hard cash, as some have already threatened or done, unless they start opposing the fat orange man.

[WhoWoodaKnew]

5. So there aren't any vulnerable Republicans that need to campaign?

[ChiTownDenny]

18. There are.

But there are more vulnerable Democrats than Republicans in the Senate.

[Toorich]

6. Let me see if I've got this right.....

Congress won't work full-time to represent the people, but it will work over-time to help reThugs
keep their seats. Is that about it?
Odin, Zeus, Jehovah, or any other supernatural, please help us!

[Justice]

7. If McConnell holds longer work weeks, more pressure to put Protect Special Counsel bill on floor

McConnell's days of being a bullying are coming to an end.

[malthaussen]

8. Thanks for the laugh. n/t

[CrispyQ]

9. I hate McConnell most of all.

If someone takes Trump down & McConnell is still in place, we're still fucked.

[smirkymonkey]

16. So do I. It's been a toss-up between him and Ryan, but I think McConnell is

pulling out in the lead for me.

[CrispyQ]

19. McConnell has a deviousness that I don't think Ryan has.

But they are both just mean-spirited fucks! The entire GOP is so vile that I can no longer look past people who identify as republican. Really? You're okay with a prez who won't investigate foreign influence in our elections as long as the election went the way you wanted? Fuck their fucking hypocrisy. I will be dining with some rwnj cousins this weekend. One has a penchant for bringing up topics for which he should know better.

I suspect many gin & tonics!

[GoCubsGo]

10. This will backfire.

Does he not realize this also keeps Ted Cruz and other vulnerable republicans from campaigning, as well? Or, that there are such things as surrogates?

I'm sure that when he realizes that he'll actually have to do work, himself, he'll change his mind.

[bluestarone]

11. this is sooo true!!!!!!!!!

Totally stupid of him LMAO

[n2doc]

14. This is more about judges and appointees than legislation, I suspect.

And I suspect it will have no effect on the campaigning either.

[Vinca]

15. That could make it worse for Republicans, not better.

[angrychair]

17. Manchin won in 2012 by 24 points

McCaskill won by 15 points.

Heitkamp is the most vulnerable of the three.

That said, if we lose her but pick up the seat in Texas from Cruz or any one of several vulnerable republicans that are running this year we may still come out ahead.

[duforsure]

20. McConnell

Is part of the reason the American people will vote for all Democrats this upcoming election to make sure he no longer is a majority leader, and can't screw the American people over any more. He's another crook , and trump supporter that's corrupt.