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Quixote1818

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Tue Jun 5, 2018, 02:27 PM Jun 2018

McConnell cancels Senate's August recess preventing Dems from campaigning for midterms [View all]

I am so fucking sick of this ASS HOLE!



Keep in mind the Dems have A LOT more Senate races this round.

BY JORDAIN CARNEY - 06/05/18 01:28 PM EDT THE HILL

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said on Tuesday that he will cancel the August recess, citing "historic obstruction" by Democrats.

“Due to the historic obstruction by Senate Democrats of the president’s nominees, and the goal of passing appropriations bills prior to the end of the fiscal year, the August recess has been canceled," McConnell said in a statement.

He added that senators would stay in session "to pass legislation, including appropriations bills, and to make additional progress on the president’s nominees.”

The Senate had been expected to leave town on Aug. 3 for a four-week break and not return to Washington until early September, after Labor

More: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/390784-mcconnell-cancels-senates-august-recess

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