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13 Feb 2021, 1:05 pm
GOP Leader Mitch McConnell—who recognized that Trump had committed impeachable offenses—instead refused to do so. [read post]
13 Feb 2021, 7:33 am
"Wrote Mitch McConnell, quoted in "Hours before the verdict, McConnell tells Republicans he plans to vote to acquit Trump, calling it ‘a close call’" (NYT).To say "close call" is to hedge his political bet. [read post]
12 Feb 2021, 1:10 pm
DRONEY: Well, I think it plays some role, especially in the last four years because the Senate under (Majority Leader Mitch) McConnell appointed so many federal judges. [read post]
11 Feb 2021, 6:28 pm
“What Mitch McConnell Got Right: Under Trump, Republicans reshaped the federal judiciary; Now Democrats have the chance to do the same. [read post]
10 Feb 2021, 6:24 pm
He was one of a small number of senators to vote against adopting the Senate impeachment resolutions agreed to by the Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer. [read post]
9 Feb 2021, 8:21 am
Not the answer to 'who's your favorite justice? [read post]
9 Feb 2021, 6:57 am
(Former Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had planned to hold the 2021 trial after Biden's inauguration, according to a memo circulated before the House vote.) [read post]
5 Feb 2021, 5:55 am
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., sent out a tweet blasting Vladimir Putin for some misdeed or other in the U.S. [read post]
5 Feb 2021, 3:42 am
That eleven Republicans, not to mention that well-known lefty McConnell, agree is good. [read post]
4 Feb 2021, 1:26 pm
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]
3 Feb 2021, 9:03 pm
House of Representatives approved H.R. 1 in March 2019, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell declined to bring the bill to the floor for a vote. [read post]
2 Feb 2021, 11:19 am
But some of those senators have indicated they are leaving their options open when it comes to the final verdict—including, significantly—minority leader Mitch McConnell. [read post]
29 Jan 2021, 5:01 am
Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, apparently without irony, has called it “imperative” that the Senate not follow a “half-baked process” in this impeachment trial, suggesting he might favor a more traditional trial than last time, that is, one that includes witness testimony and evidence. [read post]
29 Jan 2021, 3:16 am
Bonus fact: Mitch McConnell's full name is Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 6:45 am
“Senate weighs jumping Biden judicial picks ahead of the queue; Some Democrats are urging the Judiciary Committee to reshuffle its priorities, mindful of their fragile majority and Mitch McConnell’s skill at blocking nominees”: Josh Gerstein and Marianne LeVine of Politico have this report. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 12:22 pm
Easing off a stalemate, the Senate moved forward Tuesday with a power-sharing agreement in the evenly-split chamber after Republican leader Mitch McConnell backed off his demand that Senate Democrats preserve the procedural tool known as the filibuster. [read post]
26 Jan 2021, 5:35 am
Schumer, quoted in "McConnell Relents in First Filibuster Skirmish, but the War Rages On/Senator Mitch McConnell dropped his demand that Democrats promise to preserve the procedural weapon that can grind the Senate to a halt, but with President Biden’s agenda in the balance, the fight is not over" (NYT).Senator Mitch McConnell... had refused to agree to a plan for organizing the chamber without a pledge from Democrats to protect the… [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 12:52 pm
"Mitch said to me he wants Trump gone," but Trump is already gone. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 11:10 am
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has proposed pushing back the start of the impeachment trial until February, citing the need to give Trump’s legal defense team at least a week to prepare. [read post]
20 Jan 2021, 7:15 am
In part due to the contentious way in which it was passed in the first place, many Republican policymakers, including [then Senate Majority Leader] Mitch McConnell, essentially refused to participate in any fixes short of repeal. [read post]
