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McConnell Angers Conservatives By Blocking Defunding Planned Parenthood, Kate's Law
2015-07-27
[Daily Caller] Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has never been a favorite of conservatives. Those who see him as a "squishy" compromiser more interested in placating President Barack Obama and K Street lobbyists than the Republican base had more fuel tossed on that fire when he blocked amendments to the Highway Bill Tea Party members wholeheartedly support.
"Squishy" to some possibly. He "came out" a very long time ago.
One amendment would defund Planned Parenthood, the nationwide abortion provider which receives more than a half billion dollars in taxpayer subsidies annually. McConnell has previously said he supports defunding Planned Parenthood, which was recently the subject of undercover sting videos in which executives with the organization can be heard discussing the sale of organs from aborted babies. But the leader blocked an amendment to the Highway Bill that would have defunded the organization.

McConnell used a tactic called "filling the tree," made popular by Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid when he was majority leader to block Republicans from being able to offer amendments to Democratic bills. "Filling the Tree" is when the allotted time for amendments is loaded by the leader, generally with small, insignificant measures favored by the majority leader, who controls the process, crowding out everyone else.

"Filling the tree" was roundly decried by Republicans when Democrats controlled the Senate because it blocked their ability to offer any amendments, popular on a bipartisan basis or not, to any legislation the Senate was considering. McConnell ran and was reelected to his Senate seat on returning the Senate to "regular order" after years of tight control and power consolidation under the Democrats. Now he is using the same tactic against his own party.

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Posted by:Besoeker

#5  McConnell has more in common with Reid than with the Republican Party.
Posted by: Jeremiah tse Tung1229   2015-07-27 11:16  

#4  Just start calling them the Beltway Party and be done with it.
Posted by: Raj   2015-07-27 11:11  

#3  He is owned by the White House because of the dirt they have on him from his military episodes as a private.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664   2015-07-27 10:50  

#2  Well he can't piss off his progressive bosses, can he?
Posted by: DarthVader   2015-07-27 08:36  

#1  Two party system. One party is taken over by left-wing statists. The other by: what's the word---starts with "p"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-07-27 04:10  

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