Why are Senate Republicans even there?The Senate is still leaving on Thursday for their normal three-day break. But instead of taking off until March 23, senators will now return on Monday.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) knocked McConnell for letting senators go home at all.
“The Speaker is still negotiating with [Treasury Secretary Steven] Mnuchin. The House hasn’t even sent a bill over and Leader McConnell sends everybody home during a crisis. That is so wrong," he told reporters.
By returning next week, GOP senators are hoping they will be able to quickly pass the House bill — if Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) gets an eleventh hour deal with the White House — or propose potential changes to what Democrats send over.
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Senate Republicans have largely sidelined themselves in the current negotiations, deferring to Mnuchin. If the White House signs off on a deal, it's expected that McConnell and most Senate Republicans would quickly pass it.
The Hill
I have an idea: disband the Republican side of Congress and just let the White House deal with everything. Because all the GOP amounts to anyway is an arm of the Trump administration.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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