He tells it like it is.
@ChadPergram 14m14 minutes ago
Schumer is now on floor. Trying to get Senate to start considering House passed spending bills to end shutdown. Is expected to be blocked. Schumer describes the President as “intransigent.” He also whipsaws McConnell for not helping to end the shutdown.
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@ChadPergram 12m12 minutes ago
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD) asks unanimous consent on flr they pass one of the spending bills to end the shutdown. McConnell intercedes. Says “the last thing we need to do is trade pointless, absolutely pointless show votes back and forth across the aisle.”
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@ChadPergram 6m6 minutes ago
McConnell objects, blocking Cardin in effort to pass Hse spending bill to re-open parts of gov’t. McConnell calls it a “show vote.”
Cardin sharply tells McConnell “I can tell the Majority Leader this is not a show vote.”