Idiot of the Week: Hurting All Americans

This week's idiot is none other than the leader of the Senate, who has colluded with the White House
to acquit the president (NOT exonerate) of impeachable offenses, but has also managed to BLOCK almost 400 bills (see some examples below) passed by the House to HELP AMERICANS.
   An example of the Bills the Democrats passed that Mitch McConnell (R-KY) of the Senate is Blocking:   Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act, Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions, Lowering Prescription Drugs, Wages Act, Background Check extensions, Extending Flood Insurance, Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act, Child abuse Prevention and Treatment act and MORE! SEE BELOW 
And this week's idiot also rewarded the Chief Justice for his part in the Acquittal. Appalling behavior.  Americans deserve better.   Here are the reasons:

1) Chief Justice Receives 'Golden Gavel' After Trump Acquittal

Chief Justice John Roberts' demanding side job of presiding over the Senate impeachment trial ended Wednesday with the acquittal of President Donald Trump and the presentation of a "golden gavel" from GOP leader Mitch McConnell for his efforts.

2) I am not going to list all 400 bills for brevity’s sake, here’s a list of major bills and resolutions the House has passed so far.

Health care

• House Resolution 259 — Medicaid Extenders Act of 2019
• H.R. 271 — Condemning the Trump Administration’s Legal Campaign to Take Away Americans’ Health Care
• H.R. 986 — Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act of 2019
• H.R. 987 — Strengthening Health Care and Lowering Prescription Drug Costs Act
• H.R. 1520, the Purple Book Continuity Act (bill aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs)
• H.R. 1503, the Orange Book Transparency Act of 2019 (bill aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs)

Civil rights

• H.R. 1 — For the People Act of 2019
• H.R. 5 — Equality Act
• H.R. 6 — American Dream and Promise Act
• H.R. 7 — Paycheck Fairness Act
• H.R. 124 — Expressing opposition to banning service in the Armed Forces by openly transgender individuals

Gun control

• H.R. 8 — Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019
• H.R. 1112 — Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019

Environment

• H.R. 9 — Climate Action Now Act
• H.R. 1331 — Local Water Protection Act
• S. 47 — National Resources Management Act
• H.R. 2578 — National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2019
• H.R. 205, 1146, 1941 — Banning Offshore Drilling on Atlantic, Pacific, Eastern Gulf and ANWR Coasts

Military/foreign affairs

• H.R. 840 — Veterans’ Access to Child Care Act
• H.J. Res. 37 — Directing the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress
• S.J. Res. 7 — To direct the removal of United States Armed Forces from hostilities in the Republic of Yemen that have not been authorized by Congress
• H.R. 31 — Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2019
• H.J. Res. 30 — Disapproving the President’s proposal to take an action relating to the application of certain sanctions with respect to the Russian Federation
• H.R. 4695 — Protect Against Conflict by Turkey Act
• H.R. 676 — NATO Support Act
• H.R. 549 — Venezuela TPS Act

Mueller report

• H. Con. Res. 24 — Expressing the sense of Congress that the report of Special Counsel Mueller should be made available to the public and to Congress

Other major legislation

• H.R. 1585 — Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019
• H.R. 987 — Raise the Wage Act
• H.R. 1500 — Consumers First Act
• H.R. 1994 — SECURE Act/Gold Star Family Tax Relief Act
• H.R. 2722 — Securing America’s Federal Elections (SAFE) Act
• H.R. 4617 — Stopping Harmful Interference in Elections for a Lasting Democracy (SHIELD) Act
• H.R. 1644 — Save the Internet Act of 2019
• H.R. 2157 — Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019
• H.R. 397 — Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act (The Butch Lewis Act)
• H.R. 2513 — The Corporate Transparency Act
• H.R. 269 — Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act of 2019
• H.R. 251 — Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program Extension Act
• S.24 — Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019
• H.R. 430 — TANF Extension Act of 2019
• Concurring in the Senate Amendments to HR 251 — Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standard Program Extension Act
• H.R. 790 — Federal Civilian Workforce Pay Raise Fairness Act of 2019
• HJ Res. 46 — Relating to a national emergency declared by the President on February 15, 2019
• H Res. 183 — Condemning anti-Semitism as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contradictory to the values and aspirations that define the people of the United States and condemning anti-Muslim discrimination and bigotry against minorities as hateful expressions of intolerance that are contrary to the values and aspirations of the United States, as amended
• H Res. 194 — Rule Providing for Consideration of H.R. 1644 and H.R. 2021
• H.R. 2480 — Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act
• H.R. 375 — To amend the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934 to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian Tribes (also known as the “Carcieri Fix”)

A Lesson in Hypocrisy: Mitch McConnell

As a former resident of Kentucky (in the mid-1990s) I (Rob) have to say that Mitch McConnell is truly the most despicable politician out of that state, yet the people there keep re-electing him. Over the last 8 years he worked to block everything President Obama attempted.  McConnell said he "make Obama a One term president" and would not work with Democrats. Now he's bitching that Democrats don't want to give McConnell everything he wants. LESSON TO EVERYONE - You act like a bastard and it comes back to you. Maybe he should have tried working with people instead of against them.

The following is from SNOPES.COM: 
    FACT:  Mitch McConnell Say One of His Proudest Moments Was Telling Obama 'You Will Not Fill This Supreme Court Vacancy' and NOW he is angry with Democrats for wanting to completely vet the GOP's right-wing, religious conservative, gun-supporting, anti-women's-gay-and- minority rights Supreme Court nominee.

In March 2016, following the death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, a Reagan appointee and one of the more conservative voices on the court, President Obama nominated federal appellate judge Merrick Garland, who was described as “centrist” by the mainstream media and “left-leaning” by those on the right, to fill the vacancy. He did this despite the fact that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky had already announced — on the day Scalia died — that the Republican-controlled Senate had no intention of confirming any nominee chosen by Obama:

The American people‎ should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice. Therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new President.

In an interview with CNN, McConnell stated that he did not expect the Senate to confirm an Obama nominee even if Democrat Hillary Clinton was elected president or Democrats won a Senate majority:  I can’t imagine that a Republican majority Congress in a lame duck session after the American people have spoken would want to confirm a nominee opposed by the NRA, the NFIB, and the New York Times says would move the court dramatically to the left. This nomination ought to be made by the next president.

Six months later, as reported by the Washington Post, McConnell boasted to constituents at a 6 August 2016 political event in his home state of Kentucky about successfully blocking the nomination of Merrick Garland : “One of my proudest moments was when I looked at Barack Obama in the eye and I said, ‘Mr. President, you will not fill this Supreme Court vacancy,’” he said to cheers at the annual Fancy Farm Picnic.

Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland expired when the 114th Congress ended its session on 3 January 2017. It was the longest period of time a Supreme Court appointment remained before the Senate in U.S. history.