Iowa Republican Senator Joni Ernst is urging the G-O-P leader in the U.S. Senate to cancel an upcoming week-long recess in October. Ernst says it’s time for congress to act on tax reform, immigration policy and a health care fix — for starters.
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As is traditionally the case, the entire month of August was classified a “work period” outside of Washington for senators. The week of October 9th has been set aside as another work period for senators to be away from the nation’s capital.
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Earlier this summer President Trump suggested Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell should resign if he can’t get key G-O-P initiatives passed in the senate. Ernst has not called for McConnell’s resignation. However, a few weeks ago Ernst suggested that if McConnell can’t pull G-O-P Senators together, he should assign someone else who will “inspire” Republican senators to pass tax reform and repeal ObamaCare.