"Democrats smash Watergate record for House popular vote in midterms": Mitch McConnell is doing what he can to make sure that doesn't matter

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Reference: 11/26/18 real-news article (link):

"Democrats smash Watergate record for House popular vote in midterms"

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6/13/19 commentary/analysis article link. no affiliation:

>>>"...Mitch the Impaler"<<<

Article excerpt:

"...Under McConnell, the Senate has become the GOP elephants’ graveyard, a place for confirming right-wing judicial and executive appointments and little else.

Here’s how The New York Times described it on June 6 : “[T]he Senate left for D-Day celebrations after a three-day workweek in which nothing passed. Three minor administration posts were filled on Wednesday, and the Senate mustered four votes on motions to end debate. Meantime, the logjam of unaddressed legislation piled higher.”

Connecticut Democratic Senator Chris Murphy complained that McConnell has “effectively turned the United States Senate into a very expensive lunch club that occasionally votes on a judge or two.” According to The Times, “Barely a dozen roll-call votes have been held this year on bills, amendments and legislation, and around 20 bills have been signed into law since January.”

“I don't know what the hell [McConnell’s] for, I only know what he's against,” House Rules Committee chair Jim McGovern told The Hill. “… Anything that helps working people, or helps those struggling to get into the middle class, he's against.""

 More (article link): "Democrats set to use McConnell's legislative graveyard against him"


Article excerpt:

"..Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has made it routine to denounce McConnell's “Grim Reaper” promise as a barrier to any progress on Capitol Hill. This week, she marked the first 150 days of the Democrats' House majority by rattling off a slew of proposals already passed by the lower chamber that now sit idle in the Senate. The list includes voting rights protections, campaign finance reforms, pay equality for women, a net neutrality bill and protections for the LGBTQ community.

“We're very proud of the work that we have done to send over to the Senate, where Mitch McConnell has said he's the 'Grim Reaper' — it's a Senate graveyard,” she told reporters in the Capitol. “We have news for him: It's alive and well in the public, and he will be hearing from the public, hopefully very soon.”"

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