The Senate voted on two bills Thursday, breaking a nearly two-month drought during which Majority Leader has focused instead on judicial nominations, his top priority.
ADVERTISEMENT. Tensions boiled over onto the Senate floor this week when Sen. knocked the slow start to the new Congress, characterizing lawmakers as having done "Nothing, zilch, zero, nada."
Sen. said the inability to get legislation through the Senate was "Frustrating," but he argued that major agenda-setting bills were difficult without unified control of Congress.
Senate Republicans aren't the only ones who are publicly airing their grievances over the inability to get major bills moving.
Democrats have rallied behind blasting McConnell for not moving more legislation, terming the Senate a "Legislative graveyard."
Sen., who has accused McConnell of turning the Senate into a "Very expensive lunch club," added that Democrats should highlight McConnell's refusal to move legislation on issues like health care or gun control as they make the case for Democratic control of the Senate.
Asked about the Senate's legislative agenda so far this year, he said: "I mean, it's nonexistent. I can't remember the last time I voted on an amendment on the Senate floor."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/445337-frustration-boils-over-with-senates-legislative-graveyard
ADVERTISEMENT. Tensions boiled over onto the Senate floor this week when Sen. knocked the slow start to the new Congress, characterizing lawmakers as having done "Nothing, zilch, zero, nada."
Sen. said the inability to get legislation through the Senate was "Frustrating," but he argued that major agenda-setting bills were difficult without unified control of Congress.
Senate Republicans aren't the only ones who are publicly airing their grievances over the inability to get major bills moving.
Democrats have rallied behind blasting McConnell for not moving more legislation, terming the Senate a "Legislative graveyard."
Sen., who has accused McConnell of turning the Senate into a "Very expensive lunch club," added that Democrats should highlight McConnell's refusal to move legislation on issues like health care or gun control as they make the case for Democratic control of the Senate.
Asked about the Senate's legislative agenda so far this year, he said: "I mean, it's nonexistent. I can't remember the last time I voted on an amendment on the Senate floor."
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/445337-frustration-boils-over-with-senates-legislative-graveyard
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