McConnell To States: Go Bankrupt. Sen. Chris Murphy Responds
Rather than giving assistance to state, Maj. Leader McConnell says he'd prefer to make states whole by letting them declare bankruptcy. Here's what CT Sen. Murphy thinks about that idea.
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
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Rather than giving assistance to state, Maj. Leader McConnell says he'd prefer to make states whole by letting them declare bankruptcy.
On Today's Show:
Sen. Chris Murphy (D CT), member of the Foreign Relations committee and author of the forthcoming book The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy (Random House, 2020), discusses the latest relief package, Connecticut's plans for reopening, the need to support the WHO, and Mitch McConnell's statements on states hard hit by the pandemic to declaring bankruptcy, rather than receive federal relief.