Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur
This is a key, under-appreciated reason McConnell likes the filibuster. He knows Kentucky needs federal dollars, and the 60-vote rule enables him to bring home money that would be difficult to justify ideologically if he didn’t need Democratic votes to fund the government. — PolitiTweet.org
Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur
McConnell boasts that he has used his power to bring back billions in federal dollars to Kentucky that it wouldn’t… https://t.co/FGHe60b2d2