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28 Jan 2021, 6:45 am by Howard Bashman
“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 by Associated Press
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 filibuster, a condition that Mr. [read post]
22 Jan 2021, 11:10 am by Tia Sewell
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 by Chuck Finder
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]
20 Jan 2021, 4:00 am by Howard Friedman
At his invitation top leaders of both parties in the House and Senate-- Nancy Pelosi, Kevin McCarthy, Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell-- will attend with him. [read post]
A huge majority of Americans (including a majority of NRA members) support universal background checks, so now that Mitch McConnell is no longer able to stop any legislation that the NRA doesn’t like, we could conceivably see action on that measure. [read post]
19 Jan 2021, 1:27 pm by Tia Sewell
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that the pro-Trump mob which stormed the U.S. [read post]
18 Jan 2021, 8:14 am by Howard Bashman
Also online there, columnist Hugh Hewitt has an essay titled “Mitch McConnell, still the crucial Republican leader. [read post]
17 Jan 2021, 1:55 pm by lennyesq
In light of Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s refusal to hold the trial before January 20, the question arises whether Trump can be tried after he leaves office. [read post]
15 Jan 2021, 11:17 am by Keith E. Whittington
— @judgeluttig (@judgeluttig) January 11, 2021 If he is right, then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's decision to delay the impeachment trial until the presidential inauguration would be fatal to the possibility of convicting Donald Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors. [read post]
15 Jan 2021, 9:22 am by Keith E. Whittington
It looks like this question will be a live one, because Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is not agreeing to calling the Senate back into session for an impeachment trial before Inauguration Day. [read post]
14 Jan 2021, 9:05 pm by Lynn McDonough
” Despite calls from Democrats for the Senate trial to begin immediately, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has stated that the trial will not begin until after the Senate reconvenes on January 19. [read post]
14 Jan 2021, 9:01 pm by Dean Falvy
But Mitch McConnell, the current Senate Majority Leader, has already rejected calling the Senate back into session before its currently scheduled return on January 19, claiming that do so would require unanimous consent of all 100 senators. [read post]
14 Jan 2021, 4:28 pm by INFORRM
Importantly, Republican leaders who had supported Trump, such as senators Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham, agreed. [read post]
14 Jan 2021, 3:21 am by Comunicaciones_MJ
Trump depende en parte en lo que el líder del Senado, Mitch McConnell, decida que es mejor para el Partido Republicano. [read post]
13 Jan 2021, 7:20 pm
 Senator Mitch McConnell, the current majority leader is prepared to set a trial on the matter using the "Miami REGJB Scheduling Method". [read post]
13 Jan 2021, 6:17 pm by James Romoser
Vice President Mike Pence, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all received their first doses on Dec. 18. [read post]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has stated that he intends to hear the impeachment but will not convene the Senate until after Joe Biden has been sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. [read post]