At a secret meeting of elite donors
convened by the Koch brothers, McConnell laid out his plan for shrinking
the federal government and whined about having to vote on minimum wage
bills.
Lauren Windsor, August 26, 2014
Last week, in an interview with
Politico,
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) outlined his plan to shut
down President Obama’s legislative agenda by placing riders on
appropriations bills. Should Republicans take control of the Senate in
the 2014 elections, McConnell intends to pass spending bills that “have a
lot of restrictions on the activities of the bureaucracy.”
What McConnell didn’t tell
Politico was that two months ago, he made the same promise to a
secret strategy conference of conservative millionaire and billionaire donors hosted by the Koch brothers.
The Nation and
The Undercurrent
obtained an audio recording of McConnell’s remarks to the gathering,
called “American Courage: Our Commitment to a Free Society.” In the
question-and-answer period following his June 15 session titled “Free
Speech: Defending First Amendment Rights,” McConnell says:
“So in the House and Senate, we own the budget. So what does that
mean? That means that we can pass the spending bill. And I assure you
that in the spending bill, we will be pushing back against this
bureaucracy by doing what’s called placing riders in the bill. No money
can be spent to do this or to do that. We’re going to go after them on
healthcare, on financial services, on the Environmental Protection
Agency, across the board [inaudible]. All across the federal government, we’re going to go after it.”
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