16 GOP Senators Light a FIRE Under McConnell and DEMAND Congress Work for Trump.
16 GOP Senators are calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to actually get some
work done for the American people.
Instead of taking days off and enjoying an "August recess," these 16 GOP Senators
are calling on McConnell to order the Senate to stay in session and earn their paychecks.
From Daily Caller
A group of 16 Republican senators are sending Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a serious
message Friday: It is time to work full weeks, confirm the president's nominees and stop
wasting precious time while Republicans hold both chambers of Congress and the White House.
Sen. David Perdue of Georgia is leading the charge, calling on McConnell to realize there
are only 67 working days left in the 2018 fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30.
The coalition of Republican senators are urging McConnell to make the Senate work through
Friday, and on some weekends (senators typically go home to their districts on Thursday afternoon),
and cancel the August recess a request newer GOP senators and the president asked of leadership
in 2017 in order to get action on repealing and replacing Obamacare.
Action is exactly what Perdue and his colleagues want.
They want more time in session to confirm the president's nominees.
They want more time in session to get must-pass appropriations bills out of committee and
onto the Senate floor for a vote.
They are tired of the slow walking pace and don't want to waste another day when they
are in the majority.
Effectively, they want a change in the way the Senate is currently running, which they
view as sluggish and increasingly subject to "obstruction" from Democrats.
The White House is on their side as well.
White House legislative affairs director Marc Short told reporters, at the Capitol Tuesday
that the administration would support a delay in the August recess, and more time in the
Senate because it is their duty to the American people.
"If we reach August and we still have not completed appropriations work or not confirmed
our nominees, then of course we would like to see the Congress stay here and do its work,"
Short said.
"It's about getting the job done for voters across the country."
The president urged members of Congress to delay the August recess in early July 2017.
McConnell responded to President Donald Trump's request with an announcement, that he would
shorten the recess by two weeks to give lawmakers ample time to come to an agreement on the
best way to reform health care.
The delay in recess only lasted one week, but senators who requested it point to the
fact that it helped the chamber confirm nearly 80 of the president's nominees.
An open appropriations process is one of the key asks on the part of the part of the coalition
of senators, after Congress passed a massive $1.3 trillion spending bill in March that
upset many conservatives in Congress, who viewed it as a backdoor, last-minute deal
Republican leadership struck with Democrats.
The president pledged he would "never sign another bill like this again."
Dear Leader McConnell, We continue to witness historic obstruction
by the minority party when it comes to funding the federal government and confirming the
President's nominees.
If we are complicit, we are on track for another last-minute spending battle come September.
However, if we take action now, we can break the cycle of continuing resolutions and omnibus
spending deals.
Therefore, we want to offer our full support to expedite floor consideration, even if we
must work nights and weekends and forgo the August recess to get it done.
Looking ahead, there are only 67 working days left on the calendar this fiscal year.
That number drops to 52 if you exclude Fridays, as we usually do.
This leaves only 12 weeks to get 12 appropriations bills out of committee and consider them on
the floor.
That alone is an impossible task.
When combined with the crucial need to confirm more nominees, it is clear we do not have
enough time.
The Senate should immediately begin work on one or several consolidated appropriations
bills, so they can be openly debated and amended accordingly.
Our defense priorities are bipartisan, and they should come first.
Similarly, we need to move quickly on executive and judicial nominations.
At this pace, it is unlikely the President will have all of his nominees confirmed before
the end of his term.
Many of us encouraged cancelling August recess last year to meet our legislative goals.
As a result, the Senate confirmed 77 nominations with no floor debate, a significant concession
from the minority party.
Our diligence was rewarded with reason, and it can happen again.
We stand ready to break through the confirmation backlog and get the government funded before
we break in August, well before the September 30 deadline.
We stand ready to work Mondays and Fridays, nights as well as weekends, to ensure the
funding process is not used to jam the President with a bad spending deal.
We, and the American people, expect Congress to work tirelessly to restore American greatness.
The President has outlined an agenda that will unleash economic growth, strengthen our
military, and rebuild our infrastructure.
We play a critical role in advancing this agenda, so together let's make Congress
work again.
Sincerely, Perdue
Ernst Lankford
Cruz Heller,
Lee Johnson
Cassidy Wicker
Daines Fischer,
Sullivan Sasse
Tillis Kennedy
Rounds, The senators are not alone in the request.
They have the backing of over 100 conservative groups and organizations.
Over 100 conservative leaders signed a pledge in late April to hold Republican leadership
in Congress accountable for trillion-dollar backdoor deals, and for weeks-long recesses
while they still haven't accomplished much of the president's, and conservatives policy
agendas.
The pledge was sent to conservatives in the House, Senate and other groups involved in
conservative politics.
It has supporters agree and sign to the following points:
Congress should delay August recess until government funding legislation has been openly
debated in the House, and Senate with a full opportunity for votes on amendments, and is
approved by both houses and sent to the president.
The Senate should delay August recess until sufficient progress has been made confirming
the president's nominees.
Conservatives who signed it include: former Sen. Jim DeMint of South Carolina, former
Attorney General Edwin Meese, Chief Executive Office of American Legislative Exchange Council
Lisa Nelson, President of the Senate Conservatives Fund Ken Cuccinelli and others.
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