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1 Sep 2023, 4:00 am by Jim Sedor
Mitch McConnell Appears to Freeze Again While Talking with Reporters MSN – Marisa lati and Paul Kane (Washington Post) | Published: 8/30/2023 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze for more than 20 seconds while taking questions from journalists in an incident that mirrored another occasion when he abruptly stopped speaking in late July. [read post]
18 Nov 2022, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Mitch McConnell was reelected as Republican leader, quashing a challenge from Sen. [read post]
15 Sep 2022, 9:06 pm by Zoe Stern
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), opposed the bill, arguing that the issue should be dealt with at the state level. [read post]
19 May 2021, 12:30 pm by Matt Gluck
  Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Wednesday that he will oppose the creation of a panel that would investigate the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection on the Capitol, reports the Washington Post. [read post]
18 Feb 2021, 9:05 pm by Alana Sheppard
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), for instance, called President Trump’s actions a “disgraceful dereliction of duty,” but voted to acquit because he did not believe the impeachment trial was permissible. [read post]
The appointment of Elliot’s replacement, Eric Soskin, for example, was rammed through the Senate by then-Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in a party-line vote even while the office was investigating whether Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao—McConnell’s wife—favored contracts in Kentucky while McConnell was running for reelection. [read post]
13 Jan 2021, 11:32 am by Tia Sewell
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that he will not reconvene the Senate earlier than its return date of Jan. 19 to accept an article of impeachment—meaning that a trial will not proceed prior to President-elect Biden’s inauguration on Jan. 20. [read post]
8 Jan 2021, 3:00 am by Christopher Tyner
  The deadly force used to repel Babbitt was remarkable in its singularity – throngs of rioters beset the Capitol and met little resistance, with video footage showing some police officers moving barriers, standing aside, and even posing for selfies in the midst of what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell later called a “failed insurrection. [read post]
7 Jan 2021, 10:02 am by Tia Sewell
Chuck Schumer, who will be the first Jewish Senate majority leader. [read post]
Hundreds of people participated in what Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell condemned as a “failed insurrection” and, as Bobby Chesney described on the National Security Law Podcast, the events included a “cartoonish avalanche of crimes. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 12:09 pm by Anna Salvatore
  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell acknowledged President-elect Biden’s victory for the first time, reports the Associated Press. [read post]
30 Nov 2020, 10:28 am by Bryce Klehm
The Taliban also made it clear that they would back out of the talks “if Taliban leaders decided the United States was not adhering to the U.S. [read post]
4 Aug 2020, 5:01 am by William Ford, Margaret Taylor
For his part, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell initially questioned the constitutionality of proxy voting, signalling in late May that he might not take up legislation passed by the House when a quorum of members was not physically present. [read post]
2 Jun 2020, 9:00 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
What happens if [Senate Majority Leader Mitch] McConnell leads a group of congressional leaders to the White House to tell Trump that he cannot do something, but Trump simply refuses to meet with them. [read post]
1 May 2020, 9:54 am
  They might be heard to posit that a nation of survivors might not survive long with little to eat, no place to sleep, and no means of exploiting their productive capacities. [read post]
16 Jan 2020, 12:16 pm by Hilary Hurd
Some involve the behavior of judges in their judicial capacities. [read post]
15 Jan 2020, 11:41 am by Jonathan Shaub
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated that when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sends the articles of impeachment to the Senate for a trial, he will adhere to the procedures employed during the impeachment trial of President Clinton. [read post]
16 Oct 2019, 1:40 pm by Vishnu Kannan
So I look forward, by the way, not only to a speedy and expeditious impeachment process, but Mitch McConnell has got to do the right thing and allow a free and fair trial in the Senate. [read post]