McConnell Will Keep Senate In Session In October

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “is planning to keep the chamber in session for a significant portion of October if not four entire weeks, costing Democrats key campaign trail days and allowing the chamber to continue its work into the fall,” Politico reports.

“The GOP leader wants to keep cranking through as many lifetime judicial nominations and executive nominations as he can with his majority in the balance and the GOP still with the unilateral ability to confirm President Trump’s picks.”

“Moreover, the Senate GOP only has two members who are considered vulnerable in the election: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Nevada Sen. Dean Heller. Democrats, meanwhile, are defending 10 total seats in states that Trump won in 2016, with at least four of them considered extremely competitive.”