Mitch McConnell Stands Firm on Plan to Kill China Competition Bill as Democrats Push Climate, Obamacare Package

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stood firm Thursday on his promise to kill a China competition bill should Democrats advance efforts to pass a $500 billion climate, Obamacare bill.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) continues to negotiate with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) on a revived, yet scaled-down, Build Back Better bill. The effort would spend $500 billion on climate change and Obamacare subsidies, while offsetting the bill by reportedly nixing many of the tax cuts contained in the Trump Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Although Schumer has made progress, McConnell promised on Friday to kill the bill should the Senate Democrat majority try to pass it in the waning months of this congressional term.

“Let me be perfectly clear: there will be no bipartisan USICA as long as Democrats are pursuing a partisan reconciliation bill,” McConnell said.