
The ongoing absence of Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) from Capitol Hill is posing another obstacle to President Trump’s Herculean effort to push for a massive $1.5 trillion defense spending package next year. McConnell, who has been in the hospital for more than three weeks, is chairman of the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, the panel that controls Pentagon spending. His…
McConnell’s absence imperils Trump’s record defense budget
