Leahy: 'I don't know if I've ever been so frustrated'

Unless Congress acts, the government will shut down Friday, Dec. 11, and Covid relief funding will expire Dec. 31. Both of Vermont’s senators are up in arms about the lack of action by Senate Republicans.

U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., said Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has delayed a vote on the $908 billion federal government spending package. Republicans are negotiating with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., over the Covid-19 relief legislation.

“He keeps stalling,” Leahy said.

“I don’t want to sound off, but I don’t know if I’ve ever been so frustrated,” said Leahy. “We do have a bipartisan package that could go. Mitch McConnell won’t let it come to a vote, and it is frustrating as heck.”

Leahy has been in the Senate since 1975 and is its most senior member.

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