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The Backstory Of The Election Day Holiday Proposal That McConnell Is Savaging

UNITED STATES - JANUARY 25: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks with reporters outside the Senate chamber about a continuing resolution to re-open the government on Friday, January 25, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
UNITED STATES - JANUARY 25: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks with reporters outside the Senate chamber about a continuing resolution to re-open the government on Friday, January 25, 2019. (Photo B... UNITED STATES - JANUARY 25: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks with reporters outside the Senate chamber about a continuing resolution to re-open the government on Friday, January 25, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) MORE LESS
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January 30, 2019 5:31 p.m.

As my colleague Kate Riga reported, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell devoted a portion of his time on the Senate floor Tuesday to railing against Democratic legislation that, among other things, would make Election Day a national holiday. 

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