BREAKING: McConnell Protested Trump - Changing Senate Rules Won't Fix Health Care Stalemate
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Date: 2017-08-02

BREAKING: McConnell Protested Trump - Changing Senate Rules Won't Fix Health Care Stalemate

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Tuesday afternoon dismissed President Donald Trump’s call for the Senate to change its rules for passing legislation.

“It’s pretty obvious that our problem on health care was not the Democrats. We didn’t have 50 Republicans,” McConnell said at a brief press conference when asked about Trump’s suggestion.

The majority leader also said that there is not enough support in the Senate to change the rules regarding legislative filibusters.

“The votes are simply not there,” McConnell said.