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politics and politicians Title: McConnell to Senate: Cancel your August vacation/campaign plans See Also: Shocker: McDonald’s will have self-order kiosks in all stores by 2020 Utah Senator Orrin Hatch almost immediately gave a “hear hear” to the announcement. Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he was okay with no recess, but wanted the Senate to handle…health care? Look if the Senate wants to completely get rid of Obamacare, the exchanges, the 1948 NRLB ruling which said health benefits had to be part of union negotiations, and other health care-related requirements of doctors and hospitals, I’d be cool with it. Of course, that’s not what Schumer and company are aiming for so I’ll be good with getting justice reform i.e. FIRST STEP Act passed during this time period, if they don’t get to it beforehand. There are potential campaign factors in the cancelation too, as noted by POLITICO. By keeping the Senate in session, McConnell will significantly cut down on the time that Democratic senators have to campaign back home, particularly for senators like Jon Tester (D-Mont.) who have lengthy commutes back to their states. In 2016, when McConnell’s own caucus was facing a number of difficult reelection campaigns, the Senate was not in session in August. I’ll go with a hard “maybe” on whether it was a key factor in McConnell’s decision – although I’ve no doubt it was a factor. McConnell did cancel part of last year’s August recess, so it’s not like he’s breaking his own precedent with this decision. The Montana seat is considered a “lean Democrat” by Real Clear Politics and it depends on who the GOP puts up as Tester’s opponent in November (the primary is today). Trump does have a pretty high approval rating in Montana, but he also had a high approval rating in Alabama and we saw how that Senate election went last year, so candidates mean everything. The interesting factor in the Montana race is the Green Party and the fact Montana Democrats are trying to get them thrown off the ballot. The Greens see this as Democrats running scared about Tester’s potential future in politics, while also noting Bernie Sanders won the 2016 Democratic primary in Montana by 10K votes. It’s an interesting wrinkle to the entire thing, but I’m still going with “maybe” unless proven otherwise. It’s not really a bad decision to cancel the recess, as long as the Senate works on, and passes, freedom-expanding legislation. Should they not, then it’s just another episode of political theater, which gets pretty tiresome after the first two-gazillion episodes. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest
#1. To: Tooconservative (#0)
McTurtle had better focus on ramming the judicial nominees up the 'Rats baracks. Everything else can wait.
McConnell will get all the vacancies filled. He's scheduled for it and he is staying on schedule, despite Dem obstruction efforts. After he blocked Merrick Garland from the Court, he won't miss these chances to pack the courts. Appeals courts most of all.
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