Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell here, what questions do you have for me?

Where is your spanking boy?

Sgt Bruce Taylor And their staff?

This forum format does not lend itself to being easy to follow. Did the senator even read any of this? Did he post here?

He has learned to obstruct.

Good question. I talk a lot about important life lessons in my memoir. In leading the Senate, much like any other endeavor, tenacity and hard work are the keys to success. This was a lesson I learned early in life when I contracted polio at the age of two. We lived in a small community in Alabama. My father was overseas fighting in Europe. My mother was left home along with a child with a serious health problem. The issue she confronted was whether I would be able to walk without a brace because the polio had affected my left leg. It was good fortune that we were within an hour's drive of Warm Springs, Georgia, where FDR had established a polio treatment center. The nurses their taught my mother a physical therapy regimen and told her to administer it four times a day and to keep me from walking prematurely, fearing that would inhibit my recovery. She did that for two full years, watching me every waking moment to make sure I didn't wake prematurely. My first memory inline was say last visit to Warm Springs, when they told my mother I would be able to walk without a brace and have a normal childhood. I tell this story to underscore that we all have challenges in our lives, but with hard work and tenacity, and by refusing to give up, we can almost always reach our goals. That's what my mom did, and I'm very grateful for that.

LTC (Join to see) - Maj, I don't think that comment was directed at you, it was directed at the Senator's "convenient" memory. I could be wrong, but that's the way I read it.

LTC (Join to see) - it was directed a the Senator

MSgt Carter Urban - Thank you.

Mitch McConnell - You said that "It's been 80 years since a vacancy under these circumstances has been filled by the Senate", which means there is precedent. What reason do you have for bucking precedent, and refusing to fulfill your obligations at this time? There is nothing preventing you from voting "no", after all, but refusing to even vote is dereliction of the duty for which you (and every other representative) was elected. We elected you to vote in our stead, to be our voice. If you refuse to do that, why are you in D.C. in the first place?

Please edit your post to include just one question and post separate responses for multiple questions. It's only fair to everyone else. If no changes, admins will just keep your first question. Thanks.

LTC Yinon Weiss - Out of respect for you, I've made the edits though I don't think it'll matter as he wouldn't know or give an honest answer.

MSG (Join to see) I can answer that. Because it is not part of the constitution, but I think we are long overdue for a constitutional amendment for that.

SPC Tanya Cummings Boozer - I have always been curious as to why Congress, after making this law after FDR, that they never followed suit with themselves.

MSG (Join to see) - I think we may both know why.

SPC Tanya Cummings Boozer - True. I just want to hear them say and admit why. Honesty would be a nice change of pace from politicians.

I will throw this in, although I know I am casting my pearls as well. BOTH parties have tried to pork out bills. However the Democrats have tried to tack on more unrelated amendments to military/veteran related bills than the Republicans, they have both done it. It's easy to look all this up.

LTC (Join to see) There are NO amendments on either the house or senate bill. Here are both so you can see for yourself. https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/1762
https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3011

LTC (Join to see) - That is NOT why the funding bill failed; I suggest you look up why it did and how it finally got passed.

TSgt Hunter Logan - Like talking to a wall. Have fun in Trump-land.

I am concerned about Donald Trump's attacks on the ethnicity of Americans, and his continuing efforts to settle scores with people with whom he's competed. It's time for him to pivot and start acting more like a presidential candidate, reaching out to Americans of all backgrounds; because if he's elected president, he'll be president of all the people. I believe the Senate and House Republican majorities will not be affected by the decision the American people make in the presidential race. Thanks for asking, and thank you for your service.

Mitch McConnell - Do think its too late for him to mend bridges with those he's attacked? Can Mexican Americans or Muslim-Americans ever see Donald Trump as supporting rather than attacking them?