McConnell remarks on state aid land with thud with governor
(WorldNews Politics)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell referred to additional federal aid to cash-strapped states as a “slush fund` — comments that landed with a thud with his home-state governor. In a Senate speech Wednesday, McConnell accused top congressional Democrats of blocking action on a new coronavirus relief package unless their demands are met. Those conditions, he said, include states getting “a trillion-dollar slush fund to cover budget problems from long before the pandemic.` Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear later referred to the remarks as “unfortunate,` saying the additional assistance is vital for states, regardless of their...