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29 May 2021, 6:06 am
” Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell, who voted against the bill, had previously stated that the mob on January 6 was incited by Trump, that “they had been fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on Earth–because he was angry he’d lost an election. [read post]
22 May 2021, 9:44 am
Mitch McConnell (R-KY). [read post]
20 May 2021, 9:03 pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressed disappointment in the resolution to overturn the rule, saying the rule “increased transparency and decreased the odds of expensive lawsuits. [read post]
20 May 2021, 12:58 pm
Earlier in the day Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell stated his opposition to the legislation, making the passage of the bill in the Senate less likely. [read post]
19 May 2021, 12:30 pm
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]
27 Apr 2021, 10:09 am
“To unpack the Supreme Court, expand it; There’s no way to reverse what Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump have done to the integrity of the courts; The best that can be done is to mitigate the damage”: David Litt has this essay online at The Boston Globe. [read post]
27 Apr 2021, 5:30 am
I applaud President Biden’s Build Back Better plan with its three-pronged focus: COVID-19 relief, rebuilding our aging infrastructure, and restoring our middle class. [read post]
20 Apr 2021, 1:52 pm
“McConnell vents over ‘fake news'”: Alexander Bolton of The Hill has a report that begins, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday vented about his ‘frustration’ with media coverage of the Biden administration’s exploration of expanding the number of seats on the Supreme Court. [read post]
15 Apr 2021, 2:47 pm
Under Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Senate refused to give a confirmation hearing to Merrick Garland in the final year of the Obama presidency but, four years later, rushed to confirm Amy Coney Barrett weeks before the November election. [read post]
15 Apr 2021, 2:02 pm
Even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has expressed support for the bill. [read post]
9 Apr 2021, 4:00 am
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accused corporations of siding with Democrats’ portrayal of the law as the new Jim Crow. [read post]
7 Apr 2021, 2:00 pm
The focus of Breyer’s speech, sometimes referred to as “court packing,” has been a popular topic among some Democrats, particularly since the September 2020 death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, when then-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell moved quickly to confirm Justice Amy Coney Barrett after having refused to hold a hearing on Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s nominee to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, in March 2016. [read post]
6 Apr 2021, 8:32 am
In fairness, maybe Republicans such as Mitch McConnell never believed that corporations should be able to "speak," only that they should be able to spend money (by giving it... [read post]
5 Apr 2021, 7:34 pm
Thanks to the Trump White House and Mitch McConnell’s Senate, there is now a 6-to-3 conservative majority on the Supreme Court, vetted by conservative legal activists and committed to principles of constitutional interpretation that seem to require sweeping Roe v. [read post]
2 Apr 2021, 8:42 am
Mitch McConnell (R-KY). [read post]
1 Apr 2021, 9:28 am
Stay for the Mitch McConnell turtle reference at the end. [read post]
31 Mar 2021, 5:09 am
Who hasn't noticed that Mitch McConnell, Ted Cruz, Sean Hannity...there's something "off" about those faces? [read post]
28 Mar 2021, 9:01 pm
The administration hindered and delayed an IG investigation into whether the White House blocked relief to Puerto Rico for the catastrophic damage from Hurricane Maria to punish Puerto Rico’s political leaders for their criticism of Trump.The IG for the Department of Transportation referred possible criminal charges against Secretary Elaine Chao, wife of Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, to the Department of Justice. [read post]
25 Mar 2021, 9:01 pm
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has indicated his support for a particular Kentucky state legislative proposal, which would reduce appointment power by the state’s governor (currently a Democrat) and increase power of the political parties with which the sitting senators are affiliated (currently the Republican party for both Kentucky senators). [read post]
15 Mar 2021, 7:58 am
Even Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has recognized that “[t]he mob was fed lies” and “[t]hey were provoked by the [former] president and other powerful people. [read post]
