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14 Feb 2021, 4:19 am
It’s unclear whether a switch in time would have made enough of a difference to change the outcome, but had Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told his caucus he would vote to convict, it likely would have swayed, or freed more likely, others to do the same. [read post]
19 Jul 2018, 12:44 pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, on Thursday suddenly withdrew the nomination of Oregon federal prosecutor Ryan Bounds for the vacancy on the 9th U.S. [read post]
15 Nov 2018, 2:08 pm
Politico has reported that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed cloture this afternoon on President Trump’s nomination of Kathy Kraninger to serve as CFPB Director. [read post]
22 Apr 2020, 9:42 am
So Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says States should be able to file for bankruptcy, to get out of their pension obligations. [read post]
19 Sep 2020, 12:45 pm
The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg opens a complex partisan chessboard, with competing political calculations affecting the timeline of decision points by President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). [read post]
17 Mar 2015, 8:07 am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is using an anti-filibuster technique that I have long wondered is not used more often. [read post]
14 Dec 2021, 1:26 pm
Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell want money to help the folk in Kentucky but fight against aid to other states. [read post]
22 Oct 2021, 10:32 am
” In commentary, online at MSNBC, Steve Benen has an essay titled “Why Mitch McConnell’s celebration of Clarence Thomas matters; Amy Coney Barrett recently said she doesn’t want people to see justices as ‘partisan hacks’; I hope she saw Clarence Thomas’ Heritage Foundation event. [read post]
24 Jan 2010, 9:08 pm
On NPR this afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell described the Massachusetts election last week as a "referendum" on health care. [read post]
18 Jan 2019, 12:37 pm
Trump now serves at the pleasure of McConnell and Senate Republicans, whether they know it or not. [read post]
20 Nov 2008, 6:24 pm
Two stories this morning with a common theme: the clubbiness of the Senate.First, here's Mitch McConnell, Republican majoarity leader, with a heavy case of hurt feelings that Democrats actually tried to win the election in Kentucky (link).And second, here's Grand Malefactor Ted Stevens getting a round of applause as he prepares to exit the marble halls for, one hopes (but, in fairness, one does not really expect), the stony lonesome.I suspect the second is more… [read post]
24 Aug 2017, 2:50 pm
I’ve long believed that neither Paul Ryan nor Mitch McConnell were quite nuts enough to fail to extend the debt ceiling. [read post]
8 Oct 2015, 6:07 pm
Mitch McConnell is the Majority Leader. [read post]
27 Sep 2020, 9:46 am
Senate Democrats can’t stop Mitch McConnell from confirming a new Supreme Court justice, but they are already planning to make it as painful as possible. [read post]
29 Sep 2017, 7:46 am
If the past eight months have proved anything, it is that all the 24/7 news coverage of Donald Trump’s antics, all the millions of words devoted to Paul Ryan’s and Mitch McConnell’s plans, have been a complete waste of space and time. [read post]
9 Oct 2017, 2:36 pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., didn't issue a statement on it. [read post]
25 Apr 2007, 1:50 pm
Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) had this op-ed (pass-through link via "Election Law") yesterday in The Wall Street Journal. [read post]
2 Sep 2015, 12:15 pm
So what will Ted Cruz do? [read post]
18 Jun 2017, 9:24 am
Not a bad jibe, and a window into the deepening bipartisan dismay that Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his Republicans soon will try to jam through the next step in their long-sought effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 2:43 pm
Apparently, Mitch McConnell's secret plan to avoid a default is to delegate to the President the unrestricted power to cut whatever governmental programs he wishes, with no consultation with Congress, so long as his cuts reach the magic number of $2.4 trillion. [read post]
