Senate Republican: Leadership ‘ignores me’ on shutdown solution

Republican Sen. John Kennedy (La.) said the Senate has done “zero, zilch, nada” since it passed the tax and spending megabill in July and that leadership “ignores” him when he proposes solutions to bypass Democrats.

“Every time I brought up the idea of doing a second reconciliation bill where we don’t need Democrats, our leadership just ignores me,” Kennedy told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Thursday.

“I don’t blame the president for being frustrated,” he said. ...