“Nobody serving in this chamber can even begin, even begin to imagine what a completely scorched-earth Senate would look like,” he said.
Much of Senate business runs on unanimous consent, a quick way to dispense with unobjectionable and housekeeping tasks.
“He has already done that,” he told reporters of McConnell’s threat to grind the chamber to a halt.
This isn’t the first time McConnell has threatened Democrats with all-out gridlock should they take away his best tool to obstruct legislation from the minority.
In January too, he threatened a “nightmare” scenario where he uses unanimous consent to slow down all Senate business.
“If McConnell’s tactics become truly onerous, Dems can always pass further reforms to end obstruction.
McConnell’s goal is to make government fail, Dems’ goal should be to make it work.”. »