McConnell urges Republicans: Hold your nose and pass budget deal

Published July 31, 2019 4:34pm ET



Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urged Senate lawmakers to pass a massive federal spending and borrowing deal as Republicans registered their opposition to the measure.

“I am confident it is not exactly the legislation that either side of the aisle would have written if one party held the White House, the House, and had 60 votes in the Senate,” McConnell said Wednesday morning. “That’s divided government. But I am equally confident that this is a deal that every one of my colleagues should support when we vote on it in the near future.”

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