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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Sep 16, 2020, 07:20 PM Sep 2020

Mitch McConnell's 'Legislative Graveyard' Current Congress to Be the Least Productive in History

The Republican-controlled Senate has the 116th Congress on track to be the least productive in history.

Only 1 percent of nearly 15,000 bills have been enacted into law between January 3, 2019, and now, a new report from watchdog group Common Cause shows.

"The House of Representatives passed nearly 10 democracy reform bills, often with bipartisan support, this session, but Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked debate and markups on all of these bills and refused to allow a vote," Common Cause's director of legislative affairs, Aaron Scherb, said.

The 2020 Democracy Scorecard, one of the group's initiatives, provides data on every current member of the House of Representatives and Senate, including their votes and co-sponsorships of democracy reform bills.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mitch-mcconnells-legislative-graveyard-helping-current-congress-to-be-the-least-productive-in-history-report-says/ar-BB19754G?li=BBnb7Kz

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Mitch McConnell's 'Legislative Graveyard' Current Congress to Be the Least Productive in History (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2020 OP
Repukes own it 100%!! Thekaspervote Sep 2020 #1
But both sides! betsuni Sep 2020 #2

betsuni

(25,138 posts)
2. But both sides!
Wed Sep 16, 2020, 11:08 PM
Sep 2020

Angry every time I see things like Jezebel last week: "Congress is doing the absolute bare minimum to help struggling Americans." Not Republicans, both sides. They're both playing a "classic game of chicken. The Democrats want the Republicans to blink first while the Republicans want the Democrats to Agee to a less robust package that doesn't include rental assistance."

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