As you’re well aware, the Democrats control the House and the Republicans are the majority in the Senate, but the latter is where the “obstruction” is coming from:
Sen. Mitch McConnell is stiff-arming the Pelosi agendahttps://t.co/lYpcNOs5om
— POLITICO (@politico) April 1, 2019
House Democrats are eager to boast about all they’re doing with their new majority. The only problem? Most of it’s headed for Mitch McConnell’s dustbin. https://t.co/9ZOZjxVr2u
— POLITICO (@politico) April 1, 2019
“I’m not sure that anything we do is going to reach the floor of the Senate,” House Budget Committee Chairman John Yarmuth saidhttps://t.co/PDYr0r7ws4
— POLITICO (@politico) April 1, 2019
BIG scoop!
“Boss? I got a big story here. Apparently there are TWO houses of Congress.”
“TWO? If this checks out you’re gonna blow the lid off this town!”
— Andrew S. (@shoutingboy) April 1, 2019
Politico’s “Captain Obvious”-style civics lesson aside, in fairness to the GOP Senate, they’ve tried cooperating with a Democrat-sponsored initiative but the Democrats wouldn’t go along:
And most of it is crap and idiocy like the Green New Deal they touted but even Dems wouldn't support.
— JLawrence (@Finjohn27) April 1, 2019
So voting on the House’s Green New Deal was wrong? ?
— T Sanchez (@TourDPants) April 1, 2019
Mitch McConnell brought the Green New Deal to a vote in an attempt to help AOC save a world that has less than 12 years left if nothing is done, but a grand total of zero Democrats voted for the GND.
