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2 Apr 2015, 6:08 am by Joy Waltemath
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio), Sen. [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]
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]
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]
31 Mar 2010, 1:20 pm by WIMS
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) issued a statement saying, "Today's announcement is a step in the right direction, but a small one that leaves enormous amounts of American energy off limits. [read post]
30 Jan 2007, 8:12 pm
Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has acknowledged that immigration is a pressing concern needing to be addressed. [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 Sep 2019, 12:33 pm by Vishnu Kannan
The cops got there in one minute, and it still wasn't enough to save those people. ...Right now, on Mitch McConnell's desk, are three bills — universal background checks, closing the Charleston loophole and passing my bill to make sure that domestic abusers don't get AK-47s. [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]
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]
31 May 2019, 7:05 am by Andrew Hamm
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie reviews Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s recent remarks in his home state of Kentucky that he would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 should one arise during the presidential election. [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]
1 May 2015, 11:11 am by Sebastian Brady
However, a series of hurdles in the Senate remain, where a fight is brewing between Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)—who has put forth a clean reauthorization of the program—and other members of his party who are adamant that the program must be curtailed. [read post]
25 Jan 2012, 1:26 pm by WIMS
He reminded that, "A simple majority is no longer enough to get anything -? [read post]
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]
Similarly, Mueller examined contacts between then-Senator Sessions and Kislyak at Sessions’s Senate office in September 2016 and determined that the two did not discuss anything related to the election. [read post]
4 Oct 2013, 9:11 pm by Lyle Denniston
  Arguing for Republican Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky — in the case as an amicus — will be Bobby R. [read post]