Sen. Mitch McConnell is stiff-arming the Pelosi agenda
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.
McConnell , faced with his own reelection and defending a tough GOP map in 2020, has no incentive to work with House Democrats on their domestic agenda. By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.“Most of that stuff is really easy for Republicans in the Senate to message against,” said Senate Majority Whip John Thune . “We think a lot of the ideas over there are crazy. I don’t see many of our folks who have much problem messaging against most of what their agenda’s going to consist of.
But it’s the latest reality check for House Democrats, who came to power in the middle of the longest government shutdown in history and saw their agenda frozen until after a weeks-long deadlock over Trump’s border wall was resolved
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