Robert Reich (RBReich): How Mitch McConnell killed the Senate | Opinion
Congress has recessed for two weeks without passing a desperately-needed disaster relief bill. Why not? Because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell didn’t want to anger Donald Trump by adding money for Puerto Rico that Democrats have sought but Trump doesn't want.
In truth, McConnell doesn’t give a fig about the Senate, or about democracy. He cares only about partisan wins. This unprecedented use of the filibuster finally led Senate Democrats in 2013 to change the rules on some presidential nominees to require simple majorities. To Abraham Lincoln, democracy was a covenant linking past and future. Political institutions, in his view, were “the legacy bequeathed to us.”
In words that have even greater relevance today, McCain added that “it is our responsibility to preserve that, even when it requires us to do something less satisfying than ‘winning’.” Those, like Mitch McConnell, who break institutional norms for selfish or partisan gains are bequeathing future generations a weakened democracy.
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