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20 May 2015, 8:03 am by Benjamin Wittes
While the bill was overwhelmingly approved in a 338-88 House vote last week and is backed by the White House and Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) both oppose it. [read post]
19 May 2015, 4:36 pm
John Cornyn Congress has had two full years to publicly debate the NSA’s use of Section 215. [read post]
15 May 2015, 1:00 pm by Cody Poplin
Senator John Thune (R-SD) told reporters that “[i]f it comes to letting the thing lapse or doing a short-term extension, I think the votes will be there in the House eventually. [read post]
15 May 2015, 9:30 am by Sebastian Brady
” DefenseOne reports that Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has brokered a compromise of sorts that could give the President the authority to close the Guantanamo Bay prison facility. [read post]
12 May 2015, 9:36 am by Tara Hofbauer
” Politico shares statements from former acting CIA director Michael Morell and from Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain (R-AZ). [read post]
11 May 2015, 10:12 pm
Members like Senators Leahy and Mike Lee and Representatives Jim Sensenbrenner, Robert Goodlatte, and John Conyers should be applauded for working incredibly hard to get the USA Freedom Act through Congress. [read post]
9 May 2015, 8:11 am by Benjamin Wittes
It was not at all clear that the House bill could pass the Senate, and it was entirely clear that McConnell’s bill could not pass the House. [read post]
9 May 2015, 6:25 am by Sebastian Brady
Speaking of detention, Steve Vladeck recapped some remarks by former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens about Guantanamo. [read post]
8 May 2015, 1:04 pm by Sebastian Brady
Against this backdrop, Secretary of State John Kerry met with a cadre of foreign ministers from allied Gulf nations who are seeking more security guarantees from the United States to shield against Iranian aggression in the region. [read post]
8 May 2015, 6:41 am by Joy Waltemath
It was Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) motion to table the veto message on the resolution that put the matter to rest—at least for that particular avenue of attack. [read post]
6 May 2015, 11:27 am by Sebastian Brady
Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) moved to close debate on a bill to ensure that Congress is allowed to review any Iran deal before the President rolls back sanctions on Iran. [read post]
4 May 2015, 6:00 am by JB
"  One of the attractive features of the book, we hope -- making it more interesting to lay readers and probably to seasoned constitutional veterans as well -- is that we try to tell a story about the Constitution and to intersperse that narrative with the specific stories of many interesting constitutional characters, from Hamilton and Madison to Roger Taney to John Calhoun to Frederick Douglass to Dred Scott to Lincoln to Myra Bradwell to Eugene Debs (what a character!) [read post]
1 May 2015, 11:11 am by Sebastian Brady
While a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a formal letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) yesterday urging him to force action on President Obama’s proposed AUMF, the Washington Post writes that “the subject appears to be dying a quiet death. [read post]
29 Apr 2015, 11:06 am by Sebastian Brady
The Hill reports that Senate Armed Services Chairman John McCain (R-AZ) plans to propose legislation that would move the U.S. targeted killing program from CIA to Defense Department control. [read post]
15 Apr 2015, 8:34 am
McConnell (McConnell) from an order of the Probate Court authorizing certain distributions to Kathleen Anne McConnell Hewitt and Amy McConnell Sheridan from the John E. [read post]