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29 Jul 2019, 6:00 am
After the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked President Obama’s nomination of Judge Merrick Garland, holding open the seat that would eventually be filled by Neil Gorsuch. [read post]
28 Jul 2019, 6:00 am
The good news is that national security bipartisanship in Congress lives. [read post]
27 Jul 2019, 6:07 am
... for a column by Dana Milbank that begins:Mitch McConnell is a Russian asset. [read post]
26 Jul 2019, 7:03 pm
They die in Mitch McConnell's office. [read post]
26 Jul 2019, 6:06 am
So obviously Mitch McConnell has smothered all legislation aimed at impeding the Russians. [read post]
23 Jul 2019, 1:30 pm
Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Cory Gardner (R-CO), and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also managed to push the Combating BDS Act through the Senate as a part of a larger bill. [read post]
23 Jul 2019, 1:30 pm
Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Cory Gardner (R-CO), and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) also managed to push the Combating BDS Act through the Senate as a part of a larger bill. [read post]
22 Jul 2019, 1:01 am
Given that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is opposed to legalized marijuana, it is possible leaders may try to block the vote. [read post]
18 Jul 2019, 9:05 pm
” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-S.C.) countered that “research shows that hiking the minimum wage to $15 would kill jobs,” adding that the Senate would not be considering the bill. [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 8:05 pm
(It is certainly possible, for example, that the truly despicable Mitch McConnell will win re-election next year.) [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 12:05 pm
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]
12 Jul 2019, 9:58 am
I don’t think we need to remind folks about how Jon Stewart has for years been shaming Congress (more accurately, now the Senate and Mitch McConnell) into funding this, or the incredibly sad loss of Luis Alvarez who sat beside Stewart at House hearings last month. [read post]
12 Jul 2019, 6:59 am
"And I think that that’s very important, and that’s going to be my message—the things that Kentuckians voted for Trump for are not being done," said Amy McGrath, quoted in "Could a Democrat Really Unseat Mitch McConnell? [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 9:01 pm
It was never contemplated, for example, that the Senate would ever want to change its filibuster rule, because it was impossible to imagine a party abusing the filibuster as the Republicans did under Senator Mitch McConnell’s cynical leadership during the Obama presidency.Similarly, it was never even imaginable that a party would simply refuse to consider a president’s nominee to the Supreme Court, so we did not have anything written down to guide us when… [read post]
10 Jul 2019, 5:50 pm
And Niels Lesniewski of Roll Call reports that “Amy McGrath walks back remarks on Kavanaugh confirmation; Kentucky Democrat is challenging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2020. [read post]
8 Jul 2019, 9:15 am
The Washington Post reported last week that the proposed 4968 regulations run counter to Senator Mitch McConnell's efforts to protect tiny, but well meaning, Berea College from the excise tax on endowments. [read post]
4 Jul 2019, 4:30 am
Signed, founding white fathers:Donald J Trump; Mike Pence; Mitch McConnell; WIlbur Ross; Betsy something or other who runs the education thingy; Jared Kushner. [read post]
3 Jul 2019, 9:11 am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has refused to allow such a vote. [read post]
1 Jul 2019, 5:27 am
* In case you missed it, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he'd be willing to entertain a Democratic president’s Supreme Court nominee in 2021 because it would be "politically unsustainable" to hold open a vacancy for so long -- but that doesn't mean there'd be a confirmation. [read post]
30 Jun 2019, 6:30 am
Larry Lessig is clearly one of the most interesting and imaginative scholars within the legal academy, and he has written a book that fully vindicates the enthusiastic blurbs it receives (from myself, as well as others). [read post]
