‘Majority Passing ‘Partisan’ COVID-19 Bill,’ Says Senate Minority Leader McConnell

Top Republican lawmakers are blasting Democrats for casting them aside to pass their own coronavirus bill.

On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) alleged his Democrat colleagues are launching a partisan campaign against the GOP. His assumption came after Democrats in the Senate voted 50-to-49 to advance the budget resolution, inching closer to passing Joe Biden’s nearly $2 trillion bill.

“It looks like the majority is going to have us vote on the motion to proceed to the budget this afternoon, they’ve chosen a totally partisan path,” he stated. “I can’t remember a budget in the time that I’ve been here that either side has ever voted in a bipartisan way, so we’re off to a totally partisan start.”

McConnell said Republicans attempted to reach across the aisle Monday when a group of 10 senators met with Biden to propose their nearly $620 billion bill.

While aiming to reach a bipartisan compromise, the Republican senators, including Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), tried to come together on several issues. They proposed sending up to $1,000 stimulus checks to Americans and give those out of work an extra $300 a week in unemployment benefits.