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7 Oct 2011, 8:16 am by Big Tent Democrat
Ezra Klein wrote: Here’s what happened: Mitch McConnell wanted to bring up the president’s jobs bill, which Harry Reid is still modifying in an effort to win more Democratic votes. [read post]
20 Aug 2015, 9:59 am by Bill Otis
 I am happy to report, however, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is planning action  --  and, to be fair, is planning it in coordination with Obama Drug Czar Michael Botticelli.Thus, Politico reports: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is starting the week with praise for the White House's drug czar.The Office of National Drug Control Policy on Monday formally announced that it would be providing… [read post]
18 May 2017, 3:36 am by Broc Romanek
As noted in this article from “The Hill” (and this Bloomberg article), Senator Mitch McConnell reiterated the view that Dodd-Frank reform faced long odds in an interview yesterday. [read post]
29 Dec 2021, 9:18 am by Neil H. Buchanan
  Mitch gonna Mitch.Even so, McConnell did reportedly make another surprisingly positive decision yesterday, which was to tell/beg his fellow Senate Republicans not to go along with Trump's attempt to use the January 6 ceremonial congressional counting of votes as a last stand. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 8:25 am by Sara Amundson
We do our best to make it simple for voters to determine how federal lawmakers have sided on crucial animal protection legislation. [read post]
12 Nov 2019, 8:25 am by Sara Amundson
We do our best to make it simple for voters to determine how federal lawmakers have sided on crucial animal protection legislation. [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 2:47 pm by Matt Gluck
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday rejected Democrats’ attempt to swiftly increase direct stimulus payments from $600 to $2,000, reports Politico. [read post]
12 Nov 2014, 8:42 am by WIMS
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell issued the following statement regarding the President's unrealistic  Boehner: "the president's crusade against affordable energy. . . [read post]
30 Dec 2017, 10:56 am by Guest Blogger
The Commission is not just (sotto voce) condemning Mitch McConnell. [read post]
7 Apr 2017, 6:57 am by Abbe Gluck
Just before then, now-Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wrote in an op-ed that the filibuster was essential to maintain the “defining characteristic of the Senate. [read post]
18 Sep 2013, 3:17 pm by Sandy Levinson
  But, as I say, it's so much easier to despise McConnell and profess one's love for the Constitution. [read post]
29 Sep 2020, 3:42 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Martha McSally, R-Ariz., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., have introduced S. 4547, which was mirrored by the House bill. [read post]
23 Jan 2020, 9:21 am by Margaret Taylor
On the first day of the trial, the Senate considered and approved a resolution proposed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that set the rules for how, precisely, the trial would proceed. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 3:18 am
Kavanaugh, as partisan rancor continued to grow over the scope of the investigation into sexual assault allegations that have endangered his confirmation.In anticipation of the report’s arrival, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday night teed up a key vote to advance Kavanaugh’s nomination for Friday. [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 12:05 pm by Sandy Levinson
 Mitch McConnell is indeed despicable, and everyone should be contributing to his opponent, but we should face the fact that even his removal would not solve the problems created in 1787. [read post]
1 Feb 2020, 8:33 pm by Sandy Levinson
 Does anyone have any doubt that Trump would immediately nominate a successor, quite likely Amy Comey Barrett and that Mitch McConnell would do whatever he could to force the nomination through by the New Year? [read post]
11 Sep 2015, 2:59 pm by Bill Otis
Rand Paul, but he, together with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, deserve praise for their bill to pare back some of the Act's excessive criminal penalties. [read post]
14 Jan 2014, 12:05 pm by Tom Smith
” SCOTUSblog reports there were long lines and cameras outside, a full press gallery inside, and both White House spokesman Jay Carney and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in attendance. [read post]
10 May 2015, 11:09 am by Tom Smith
And when the Louisiana senator set a public vote for April 23, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his allies got involved. [read post]