McConnell: 'The Senate Can Be Better'

78 views · Published 8 January 2014 · 2:16 · Indexed 28 September 2026

Channel: Roll Call · 2014 · News & Politics

Watch on YouTube

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Harry Reid traded floor speeches on Wednesday, accusing the other of partisanship while calling for an end to obstructionism. While the Kentucky Republican criticized the "nuclear option" invoked by the Nevada Democrat in November, he emphasized he was not "point the finger of blame."

Read the full story: 

Website: http://www.rollcall.com
Follow us: http://www.twitter.com/RollCall
Like us: http://www.facebook.com/RollCallDC
Google+: http://www.google.com/+RollCall
Tumblr: http://photos.rollcall.com

More from this channel

• 3:11 Candidate Interview: Matt Bevin (R) KY-SEN

  Roll Call

  977 views · 10 September 2013

• 2:48 Candidate Interview: Julianne Ortman (R) MN-SEN

  Roll Call

  640 views · 19 November 2013

• 1:46 Hoyer Tries to Pin Cantor Down on Immigration Reform

  Roll Call

  279 views · 6 December 2013

• 2:21 Hoyer, Cantor Spar Over Unemployment Benefits

  Roll Call

  105 views · 10 January 2014

• 0:58 Senator to Smoking Golden Globes Actors: 'You're Killing the Next Generation'

  Roll Call

  151 views · 15 January 2014

• 2:19 House Republican Says Judges Legalizing Same-Sex Marriages Need 'Plumbing Lessons'

  Roll Call

  459 views · 15 January 2014

• 3:43 Congressional Hits and Misses: Week of Jan. 13

  Roll Call

  478 views · 17 January 2014

• 3:53 Candidate Interview: Lee M. Zeldin (R) NY-01

  Roll Call

  140 views · 7 February 2014