Mitch McConnell Vs. America: The US Government Held Hostage

On Thursday, the House of Representatives under Democrat control quickly passed legislation to reopen closed government agencies. A half dozen Republicans signed on to vote in favor of the funding measure.   

 

Here’s how things are supposed to work.

 

The House passes a bill.   

The Senate takes up what the House passes. Maybe they tinker with it a bit . Then the Senate votes on the bill.

If it passes the Senate, it goes to the President.

The President likes it and signs it. Or the President doesn’t like it and he vetoes the bill.

Then Congress can vote to override the veto. If the veto override passes, the bill becomes a law. If the veto override does not pass, the bill is still a bill. 

 

Here’s what is actually happening.

The House passes a bill.

House majority leader Mitch McConnell says the Senate will NOT take up what the House passed. Because he knows the President won’t like it and won’t sign it so why bother?

 

Basically, the US government is being held hostage to Donald Trump’s petulant demands for a border wall but it’s Mitch McConnell who is holding the gun.

 

Think about this. Mitch McConnell is deferring the process of democratic governance to one man’s whims and desires. He won’t push through the funding bill because he knows the President will veto it. Gee, did that stop the numerous attempts at Obamacare repeal knowing that President Obama would veto it?

 

Mitch McConnell is forfeiting the role the voters of his state put him in office to do in favor of one person.

 

Mitch McConnell is not working for America. Mitch McConnell is working for Donald Trump.