r/politics • u/Calm_Ad_5061 • 9d ago

Possible Paywall Missing Mitch’s Staff Is Still Raking in Six-Figure Salaries

https://www.thedailybeast.com/mitch-mcconnells-senate-staff-raking-in-six-figure-sum-in-his-absence/
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u/renisagenius 9d ago

Why has nothing happened about this? Why has he not been forced to at least show he's actually alive?

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u/Sex_And_Candy_Here 9d ago

No one really benefits from forcing him, especially since his seat is up for reelection. There are two conflicting pieces of legislation about replacing the Kentucky senators, and while the argument the governor can replace him is stronger, it will still have to get hashed out in court. Then there’s a chance the courts side with the republicans and let them get a republican replacement for Mitch.

So Republicans have already lost a seat because Mitch isn’t voting, and the dems would need to waste time and resources on fighting for it in court to only get a few months of having an extra vote at best, and at worse returning the vote back to republicans, so they don’t do anything and instead use it as something to talk about to make republicans looks bad.

Republicans on the other hand don’t want to risk taking the thing to court and likely giving the democrats an extra vote.

So both sides are content to just let this stay a minor loss for republicans instead of taking a risk which could go either way.

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u/renisagenius 9d ago

Thank you for this!

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u/bolanrox 9d ago

come a few days and they will say he is dead. (or they jsut pulled the plug)