NYTimes, Stop being PC. “Republicans Are Stuck in Neutral” is a LIE even according to the stats in the article. Mitch McConnell and the Republican controlled Senate are to BLAME — the Senate is a “legislative graveyard”.
The House passed H.R. 8: Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019 in Feb 2019 — 7 months and 2 MASSACRES LATER — McConnell STILL WON’T ALLOW A VOTE because the NRA paid their minions $1.6 Million to block H.R.8 #ElPasoMassacre #DaytonMassacre #NRABloodMoney
The number of Senate roll call votes on amendments — a key indicator of whether lawmakers are engaged in free and open debate — plummeted to only 18 this year, according to a review of congressional data. During the same time period in the 10 previous Congresses, senators took anywhere from 34 to 231 amendment votes.
McConnell isn’t doing the people’s business — he’s doing the business of donors — stacking the courts — creating a Dystopian America run by Republican Oligarchs and Corporatocracy. #TaxCutsForTheRich
In his effort to remake the courts, Mr. McConnell is succeeding; so far this year, the Senate has confirmed 13 circuit court nominees, for a total of 43 since Mr. Trump took office in 2017, and 46 of his district court nominees, for a total of 99. By contrast, during the last two years of President Barack Obama’s administration, with Republicans running the Senate, only 22 judicial nominees were confirmed.
Never forget, PRESIDENT Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland was stolen by #MoscowMitch and given to #TRE45ON — Brett Kavanaugh — #ChristineBlaseyFord
“The Senate was supposed to be the great deliberative body,” said G. William Hoagland, the senior vice president of the Bipartisan Policy Center and a one-time adviser to Bill Frist, the former Republican leader. “You offered the amendments, and you debated the amendments and you actually had a debate. I got more out of last night’s Democratic debate on some policy issues than I’ve gotten the last few months out of the Senate.”
“It’s totally dysfunctional.”, Senator Josh Hawley, a freshman Republican from Missouri #OathOfOffice
“We’re at a complete standstill on the big stuff.”, Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina
So racist Lindsey Graham found time to target asylum seekers and their kids!
Mr. Graham, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, pushed through an immigration measure that would extend family detentions, over the vociferous objections of committee Democrats.