Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said he has “total” faith in Dr. Anthony Fauci while speaking to reporters in his home state of Kentucky, WAVE reports.
Biden Open to Ending Filibuster
Joe Biden signaled he would be open to the Senate ending its practice of imposing a 60-vote threshold for most legislation, a positional shift from the Democratic presidential nominee who spent more than 35 years as a senator, the New York Times reports.
Said Biden: “It’s going to depend on how obstreperous they become… But I think you’re going to just have to take a look at it.”
Romney Condemns Trump Over Roger Stone
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) tweeted a scathing response to President Trump’s Friday night commutation of Roger Stone’s prison sentence, calling the move “unprecedented, historic corruption.”
McSally Said Women Get Pregnant to Dodge Deployment
Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) once published an academic paper in which she said military servicewomen should be counseled against the “foolishness of entering into a lifetime commitment (motherhood)” to avoid deployment, and called for the Pentagon to repeal the policy that allows women to use pregnancy as an excuse to “skirt” their commitment, Salon reports.
DC Statehood Won’t Create Permanent Senate Majority
Inside Elections: “Any conversation about DC statehood will inevitably include Republicans predicting a permanent influx of Democrats on Capitol Hill. But history reveals that two additional Democratic senators would rarely have made a difference in control of the Senate over the last half century.”
“A hypothetical DC statehood would have turned a Republican majority into a Democratic majority for just four months over the past 60 years.”
The Last Dash Before the Election
Playbook: “Washington is about to begin a four-week sprint that will include the House Democratic leadership and the Senate GOP leadership wrestling over another coronavirus relief package. Republicans have laid their marker — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said the next package needs to protect kids, protect jobs and reform liability laws so entities can’t get sued. Democrats have pushed for state and local government relief, additional unemployment insurance and direct payments and bolstering testing.
“Time is short, of course, and this will go down to the wire. Both sides agree that a package will get passed by the end of the month. With McConnell saying that liability reform is his red line, the question becomes: What does he have to give up to Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to get it?
“President Trump and the White House are still making noises about a payroll tax cut — their only idea, it seems. Keep your eyes on chief of staff Mark Meadows. We expect he — not Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin — will be the chief negotiator this time around.”
McConnell Warns Democrats Not to Change Filibuster
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) warned Democrats not to mess with the filibuster rule if they win control of the chamber in November, The Hill reports.
Said McConnell: “The important thing for our Democratic friends to remember is that you may not be in total control in the future, and anytime you start fiddling around with the rules of the Senate, I think you always need to put yourself in the other fellow’s shoes and just imagine what might happen when the wind shifts.”
GOP Senator Blocked China Sanctions Bill He Supports
The White House last week asked Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) to block a bill that punishes China over its encroachments in Hong Kong, Politico reports.
Cramer obliged, blocking unanimous passage of the bill last week — even though he’s a co-sponsor of it.
When confronted, Cramer admitted: “Even for us, this is dysfunctional.”
Senate Confirms Trump’s 200th Judicial Nominee
“A divided Senate on Wednesday confirmed President Trump’s 200th judicial nominee, a milestone that reflects the breakneck speed at which he and fellow Republicans have moved to create a legacy that will endure regardless of the outcome of this year’s elections,” the Washington Post reports.
GOP Police Reform Bill Stalls In Senate
“Senate Republicans’ police reform bill failed to gain enough votes to advance the measure in a procedural vote Wednesday,” Axios reports.
“It highlights the extent of their split with Democrats, who have blasted the GOP bill as “not salvageable” for failing to properly address what they believe are fundamental issues, like the banning of police chokeholds.”
“The vote was 55 to 45. The bill needed 60 votes to proceed.”
Top Democrats Won’t Support GOP Police Plan
Top Democratic senators told Mitch McConnell that the Republicans’ policing overhaul is “not salvageable” — the latest sign that Democrats will filibuster the GOP bill on Wednesday and that the Senate is headed for deadlock on the issue, Politico reports.
Washington Post: “The partisan standoff raises questions about whether Congress is capable of responding to the incidents of police brutality, the nationwide protests and the demands for change less than five months before the election.”
Coons Suggests He’ll Vote to End the Filibuster
Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) told Politico that he won’t rule out getting rid of the filibuster.
Said Coons: “I will not stand idly by for four years and watch the Biden administration’s initiatives blocked at every turn.”
Democrats Signal They’ll Block GOP Police Reform Bill
“Democratic senators on Monday gave their strongest indications yet they may block the Republican police reform bill from coming to the floor, a risky move that could prevent any overhaul measure from being enacted this year over their party’s concerns that the GOP bill is too weak,” CNN reports.
Graham Won’t Consider Pick for New U.S. Attorney
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) signaled on Saturday that he will not move forward with a nomination for the U.S. attorney for Manhattan without sign off from two Democratic senators, The Hill reports.
Graham said he would wait to receive a “blue slip” — a sheet of paper that indicates if a home-state senator supports a nomination — before moving forward with a new nominee to be the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York.
Said Graham: “As to processing U.S. Attorney nominations, it has always been the policy of the Judiciary Committee to receive blue slips from the home state senators before proceeding to the nomination. As chairman, I have honored that policy and will continue to do so.”
Blunt Blocks Bill to Remove Confederate Statues
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) blocked the Senate from passing a bill to remove Confederate statues from the Capitol, The Hill reports.
Democrats Weigh Blocking GOP Police Reform
Politico: “Senate Democrats are agonizing over what to do about Senate Republicans’ police reform proposal. They can either shoot down the legislation next week and face charges of obstruction amid a national reckoning on race — or advance a bill that they say needs massive changes in order to meet the moment. The dilemma was hoisted on them Wednesday after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) abruptly rejiggered the Senate schedule to bring Sen. Tim Scott’s (R-SC) legislation to the floor.”
“Democrats have little intention of allowing the bill to pass as is, but the caucus is divided over the best path ahead.”
McConnell Vows to Stay On as GOP Leader
“Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Tuesday he planned to stay on as Republican leader regardless of whether he’s relegated to the minority or keeps control of the Senate,” Politico reports.
Collins Faces Renewed Criticism for Kavanaugh Vote
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) is coming under fire for her 2018 vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, after Kavanaugh dissented in Monday’s landmark ruling affirming that federal anti-discrimination laws protect gay and transgender employees, the Washington Post reports.
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