It's Monday, April 18 and Day 65 since Justice Antonin Scalia died and Mitch McConnell laid down his Supreme Court blockade: No meetings, no hearings, no votes on his replacement, and Day 33 since President Obama named Merrick Garland to be Scalia's replacement. What's the Senate doing today instead of considering the Supreme Court nominee? Some stuff, which they are no hurry to get to, gaveling it at 3 PM.
But they're really going to get to work this week, supposedly, as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to start work on the 12 appropriations bills that will fund government operations for fiscal year 2017, which starts in October. Congress hasn't actually passed all 12 bills in nearly two decades, so good luck with that. And with getting the bills through the House, since over there Speaker Paul Ryan can't pass a simple budget resolution saying how much money the government should spend in 2017.
In other words, McConnell is putting the Senate on a path to failure, where wheel spinning will be the feature—and actual accomplishments a miracle.
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