Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) said on Monday he would support empowering House Speaker Pro Tempore Patrick McHenry’s (R-NC) authority to get the chamber functioning again — if he were still serving in the House. Welch, a former House lawmaker who won his Senate seat last year, made the comments while speaking to reporters outside the … Continue reading Senate Democrat says he’d back empowering McHenry if he was still in House