Legislative Priorities Ignored as Leader McConnell’s Legislative Graveyard Continues to Grow
Today began another day in Leader McConnell’s legislative graveyard, where the list of legislation the Senate is failing to take up continues to get longer.
In the House of Representatives, the Democratic majority has passed hundreds of bipartisan bills on key legislative priorities like health care, infrastructure, and gun violence.
Meanwhile, Leader McConnell — the self-proclaimed “grim reaper”- has repeatedly blocked bill after bill that Americans want Congress to pass.
And as a result, the American people are suffering.
Too many House-passed bills have not received a vote in the Senate:
-Pre-existing condition protections
-Bipartisan background checks
-Election security
-Renewal of the Violence Against Women Act
Protecting the American people from violence and preserving the sanctity of our elections should be a goal all Senators support — but Republicans have blocked bill after bill to do just that.
Senate Republicans need to remember why they came to the Senate in the first place, to work for the American people.
This year, Senate Republicans have spent more time twisting themselves into pretzels trying to defend President Trump’s behavior than actually legislating.
Senate Democrats are committed to working for the American people. We are committed to digging these critical pieces of legislation out of Leader McConnell’s legislative graveyard and bringing them onto the Senate floor for a vote.
It’s past time the Senate got to work.
