Here’s a story you haven’t seen for a while: Congress is
working — well, sort of. Better than it had for the previous six years,
anyway.
The difference? Harry Reid is no longer running the Senate — and Republican Mitch McConnell has made the place far less dysfunctional.
Just last week, the Senate cast breakthrough votes on a sex-trafficking bill and the confirmation of attorney-general nominee Loretta Lynch.
The bipartisan trafficking bill was delayed awhile by Reid-style partisanship: Democrats held it up to score “War on Women” points over no-federal-funds-for-abortion language that’s been routine in such legislation for decades.
McConnell broke that logjam by refusing to allow a vote on Lynch until Democrats quit playing games.
http://nypost.com/2015/04/25/it-turns-out-the-gridlock-was-all-about-harry-reid/
The difference? Harry Reid is no longer running the Senate — and Republican Mitch McConnell has made the place far less dysfunctional.
Just last week, the Senate cast breakthrough votes on a sex-trafficking bill and the confirmation of attorney-general nominee Loretta Lynch.
The bipartisan trafficking bill was delayed awhile by Reid-style partisanship: Democrats held it up to score “War on Women” points over no-federal-funds-for-abortion language that’s been routine in such legislation for decades.
McConnell broke that logjam by refusing to allow a vote on Lynch until Democrats quit playing games.
http://nypost.com/2015/04/25/it-turns-out-the-gridlock-was-all-about-harry-reid/
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