McConnell Wants Bipartisanship In 2018 On Entitlements, Immigration And More

[Dulcinea]

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants 2018 to be a year of bipartisanship, even if that means moving on from GOP dreams of cutting welfare and fully rolling back the Affordable Care Act.

The Kentucky Republican on Thursday broke with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on the approach to paring back spending on programs like Medicaid and food stamps. In an interview with NPR, McConnell said he is "not interested" in using Senate budget rules to allow Republican to cut entitlements without consultation with Democrats.

"I think entitlement changes, to be sustained, almost always have to be bipartisan," McConnell said. "The House may have a different agenda. If our Democratic friends in the Senate want to join us to tackle any kind of entitlement reform. I'd be happy to take a look at it."

https://www.npr.org/2017/12/21/572588692/mcconnell-wants-bipartisanship-in-2018-on-entitlements-immigration-and-more

[CrispyQ]

1. This is just pre-election talk.

After the mid-terms, his knife will come out & he & Ryan will try to slash the safety net.

[Skittles]

2. repuke version of bipartisanship: AGREE WITH WHAT WE DO

fuck that noise

[MurrayDelph]

10. And after you agree with what we do

we'll blame you when it all goes to Hell.

[onecaliberal]

3. Fuck these people

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Buss words for

I will prevent anything that threatens my Position as Majority Leader. Or as a working man would say,blow it out your ass.

[JDC]

5. Fuck him.

[hatrack]

6. Fuck you, Mitch.

That is all.

[Tanuki]

7. After McConnell sees to it that Merrick Garland takes his rightful SCOTUS

seat, I might listen to something he has to say about bipartisanship.

[Lil Missy]

8. Oh really? How rich.