The state of the Senate is bad, and it could get worse.
Last fall’s brutal confirmation fight over Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation led to such bad blood that even old friends weren’t talking.Just last week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell triggered the “nuclear option” and weakened the Senate’s vaunted filibuster to steamroll over Democratic resistance to President Donald Trump’s nominees — the third time in six years the majority party has unilaterally changed Senate rules.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. “The fact that we’ve had political vote after political vote after political vote while there’s issues like climate change and comprehensive immigration [reform] that we don’t take up — yeah,” said Sen. Jon Tester when asked if the Senate had bottomed out. “We’re an awful lot like the House now. It’s no longer ‘The Greatest Deliberative Body.’ It’s just another body.”
“They’re a couple of old pros. They don’t take it personally,” insisted Sen. John Cornyn of the two current leaders.
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