McConnell blocks House bills to reopen government

[left-of-center2012]

Source: The Hill

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Thursday blocked two House-passed funding bill that would reopen the federal government.

Sens. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), surrounded by roughly two dozen of their Senate Democratic colleagues, tried to get consent to bring up a bill that would fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through Feb. 8, as well as a separate package that would fund the remaining appropriations bills through Sept. 30.

But McConnell objected, arguing they would be “show votes” ...

Under Senate rules any senator can try to force a vote or pass a bill, but any one senator can block them.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/424730-mcconnell-blocks-house-bills-to-reopen-government

[vlyons]

1. I wonder if Mitch is setting up Trump for FAIL

nt

[turbinetree]

2. Hey McConnell....................your screwed..............and so is your fascist party

you will not win this fight, not this time, you are a hostage taker and an enabling traitor ...................


November 3, 2020 cannot get here fast enough....................

[RAB910]

3. McConnell and the GOP take equal ownership in this shutdown

[watoos]

10. Exactly,

I call it the Trump/McConnell shutdown.

[Chemisse]

4. That doesn't look very good for the GOP side.

Dems try to open government and GOP blocks it. But having the votes would look even worse.

[JudyM]

8. We have to visibly control the narrative. This is a huge test.

This refusal to vote on these bills and the one that had previously passed the senate needs to be the headline of everything we say... far more important than emphasizing that the wall is a dumb idea/Mexico’s not paying.

McConnell blocking these votes is akin to his blocking Garland. We cannot roll over.

[Chemisse]

20. Totally agree! n/t

[old guy]

5. Just keep trying to force the vote and force turtle to keep trying to explain why he stops it.

[lagomorph777]

16. Those "House Bills" were originally "McConnell Bills"

What a sick piece of shit.

[cstanleytech]

6. Congrats Mitch, you and the other Repugnants now own the shutdown and the irony is you

did it to yourselves.

[ffr]

7. tRump disagrees with McConnell

Mitch is a quitter.

[Freethinker65]

9. Up or down vote. Up or down vote. Up or down vote. C'mon Mitch. Up or down vote.

[watoos]

12. The M$M needs to be all over the turtle,

but he has been hiding in his shell lately.

[RockRaven]

11. If people in states with R Senators want the government re-opened, you have to let them know

that you blame them personally for McConnell refusing to allow these bills to be voted on. The reason McConnell is the one blocking the bills is so that he can be the token bad guy and the rest skate on their responsibility for those votes not happening.

[Raven]

13. I guess it's not the "Trump-McConnell Shutdown."

[world wide wally]

14. Shut the fuck up and just do your job, Mitchy

[Achilleaze]

15. KGOP republicans are out to weaken and destroy America

Shameful.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. So. It is on McCONnell. Trump closed it & Republicans are keeping government closed.

Trump & Republicans are one and the same.

Don't let ANYONE get away unchallenged saying Democrats are to blame.

Remember to remind people this is Trump's Christmas Shutdown. He is grinchy, he is mean, he shut it down days before christmas and it has been that long. He said he was proud to own it, before he tried blaming Democrats.

[inwiththenew]

18. McConnell will face a challenge from the right if he caves on this

Considering the other Senator is Kentucky is Rand Paul and the Governor is Bevin I'd say that there is a good chance he would lose a primary to a right wing challenger if he caves. Be interesting to see how long he will drag it out.

[NCjack]

19. I hope we don't have to wait for the outing by Mueller's report

of the Repug Senators who took Russian money. That will result in a DEM majority in the Senate.

[C Moon]

21. Because Putin says so.

[sinkingfeeling]

22. Who's the obstructionist? We need to point this out constantly.

[bluestarone]

23. THIS should be the ONLY thing discussed on MSM!!

Headline this EVERY hour!!!! ALL stations!!!