"3-3 is a decision"

McConnell argues FEC's partisan gridlock isn't dysfunction.


"I don’t think there’s any dysfunction at all"
McConnell, worth noting, has repeatedly opposed campaign regs as infringing on First Amendment.
Klobuchar notes they haven't been able to hire a general counsel in 7 years. King says that sounds pretty dysfunctional. McConnell doesn't.
Ted Cruz says FEC should be like the bipartisan Senate Ethics Committee (which fwiw also has a pretty sparse record of public enforcement actions.)

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People died, windows were smashed, they were chanting to hang Mike Pence, 140 police officers were wounded, the House, Senate and VP were rushed into hiding, staff cowered for hours in offices.

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-Liz Cheney.
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“These are not necessarily rich people," McConnell said. "These are people that worked hard throughout their lifetime and would like to be able to leave behind a family farm or their small business to their children.”

*BUT*, Biden has a family farm/small biz exemption, so...
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Get thee to a CVS, take the free jab. Do it again in a month.

The end.
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