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05-23-2012, 08:39 PM
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""The Senate has ceased to be a place where problems are resolved. It's become instead a place where Democrats produce campaign material," McConnell said"
"Both sides know they can push no student loan bill through Congress without a bipartisan consensus on paying for it.
But with politics the governing dynamic for now, it was no coincidence that each side proposed snatching savings from favorite targets that appeal to their parties' core voters: the rich for Democrats and Obama's health care revamping for Republicans."
"McConnell told reporters that Reid might want to call House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, "and say, 'Why don't we resolve this matter and move on with it, rather than leaving all these young people with a sense of uncertainty.'"
The Associated Press: GOP blocks Senate debate on Dem student loan bill
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