In his finest hour, McConnell stood against Trump s insurrection and for democracy Scott Jennings, Opinion contributor
And it will be remembered as Mitch McConnell’s finest hour.
The Senate majority leader, in his last official action in that role before turning over the title to Chuck Schumer of New York, led a group of American patriots on the floor of the Senate to reject Donald Trump’s election conspiracies, to repel the self-dealing antics of some of his colleagues, and to uphold the guardrails of American democracy set forth in the U.S. Constitution.
“The voters, the courts, and the states have all spoken. If we overrule them all, it would damage our republic forever,” McConnell said in a speech that more than met the moment, which was indeed a high bar.
December 20, 2020 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer held a media availability today in the Capitol Visitor Center. Below is a full transcript:
Speaker Pelosi. Good evening, everyone.
I m very honored as well as, tonight, happy to welcome the distinguished Leader of the Democrats in the Senate. I want to salute him for the masterful work he did last evening to find a solution, to give us a path to bring the legislation forward that will help America s working families.
Our purpose has always been to crush the virus, put money in the pockets of the American people, which we do in this legislation. Sadly, our third purpose to honor our heroes was not fully appreciated by our Republican colleagues and so our support for state and local government, while significant in this legislation, requires more to be done. So, we consider this a first step. And that, again, more needs to be done. And w
2020 has revealed the strange paradoxes of our time. We can develop a vaccine for a global pandemic in less than a year, but one little hiccup in the supply chain, and it’s easier to find water in the Sahara than to find toilet paper at Safeway.
This year has also provided ample time for self-reflection: What are we getting wrong, and how can we excel at what we are doing well? Successful people ask themselves that question routinely. Shouldn’t our government ask itself the same thing?
The federal budget in 2019, the last non-pandemic fiscal year, was $4.4 trillion. Putting that in perspective, just 1 trillion $1 bills