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Congress returns this week from its extended recess facing three different but equally massive tasks: It must fund the government by the end of the month; consider substantive legislation on a host of pressing issues, such as gun control and trade; and hold oversight (and maybe even impeachment) hearings on the lengthy menu of recklessness served up by the current president of the United States.Meanwhile, populist sentiment continues to stoke anger and hatred among increasingly polarized voters who face a spectrum of daunting life challenges that the current government refuses to fix. Voters are pointing fingers, variously, at House Democrats, Republican senators, federal agencies, the federal judiciary, their state and local counterparts, and of course Donald J. Trump himself. As we approach the November 2020 election, many people believe that the very future of democracy hangs in the balance.Missing from this conversation is a very troubling constitutional anathema: Much of the logjam in government falls at the feet of a single man whose power does not stem from the Constitution at all. As Senate Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell has repeatedly and single-handedly flouted the will of the people and the prerogatives of his governmental counterparts otherwise mandated by the U.S. Constitution . . .
His powers don’t come from the Constitution. Or even any legislation. By Kim Wehlehttps://thebulwark.com/how-mitch-mcconnell-made-himself-king-of-the-senate/
