You are never getting that from Mitch McConnell, or any other Republican holding office for that matter, because they're not even in the same zip code of what your view of politics is. They want to create something that makes them and the people that donate to them rich. More recently, part of them have turned straight fascist.
I would love to have a sane other side to negotiate with, but as a Millennial there has never been a sane other side. Only these profiteering nut bags that have courted the kind of people who want to see anyone who is not a straight, white male of Christian faith heavily restricted by rule of law.
RTV silicone of some sort. If they don't have you return the old battery, then you can scrape it. Get an edge up, then use a qtip dipped in isopropyl alcohol in there to loosen the bond. From there work it with a credit card or plastic scraper and the alcohol qtip.