The Labor Department’s release Friday of an abysmal jobs report showing that U.S. hiring slowed dramatically in November served as another occasion for Democratic lawmakers, progressive advocacy groups, and economists to demand that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell end his months-long obstruction of a desperately needed coronavirus relief package.


“Mitch McConnell is apparently ready to ruin the holidays and the economy for working families and small businesses unless he gets his way,” Jeremy Funk, spokesperson for government watchdog group Accountable.US, said in statement Friday. “His plan to shower corporations, millionaires, and CEOs with more handouts while giving virtually nothing to struggling workers and their families is beyond unacceptable.”

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