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29 Jun 2019, 12:44 pm
“The Court Mitch McConnell Built: Has it become hopelessly partisan? [read post]
28 Jun 2019, 6:52 am
Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, has denounced it as a Democratic “power grab” and has indicated that he has no intention of bringing to a vote in the GOP-controlled Senate. [read post]
25 Jun 2019, 9:01 am
The Democratic-controlled House can pass all the legislation is desires, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will not bring any legislation up for a vote that displeases President Trump. [read post]
24 Jun 2019, 2:20 am
Mitch McConnell’s determination to make Barack Obama a one-term president failed badly, despite his shrewd control of the Senate agenda, as Americans seem very much inclined to give presidents, or at least their parties, a second chance at fulfilling their promises. [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 4:21 am
When asked about the hearings to be held on H.R. 40 in the House of Representatives, Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell offered his facile response, “telling reporters he does not favor reparations ‘for something that happened 150 years ago, for whom none of us currently living are responsible.'” Reparations. [read post]
19 Jun 2019, 8:37 am
Ron Wyden, D-Oregon and Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, submitted letters to four major federal banking agencies asking that they open the door to financing and processing services for hemp and CBD businesses. [read post]
14 Jun 2019, 10:10 am
Over the past several weeks, a new front has opened up in the legal fight over U.S. support for the Saudi-led military intervention in Yemen: the president’s authority to pursue arms sales. [read post]
14 Jun 2019, 3:00 am
Chao Created Special Path for McConnell’s Favored Projects Politico – Tucker Doherty and Tanya Snider | Published: 6/10/2019 The Transportation Department under Secretary Elaine Chao designated a special liaison to help with grant applications and other priorities from her husband Mitch McConnell’s home state of Kentucky, paving the way for grants totaling at least $78 million for favored projects as McConnell prepared to campaign for… [read post]
13 Jun 2019, 9:30 am
Ilya Somin, a libertarian Constitutional Law professor argues here that since the Constitution does not specify the means by which the Senate may withhold that consent, and since Article I provides that each house of Congress is free to adopt their own rules of procedure, Mitch McConnell was well within the law when he refused to hold hearings or a vote on Merrick Garland's nomination. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 7:30 am
As many have noted, our own era is not an age where the proclivity to compromise is applauded, and it remains to be seen if a Democratic Congress can figure out a way to "check and balance" a President who has exhibited exemplary skills in bringing his political party to heel and making such figures as Lindsay Graham or Mitch McConnell "useful idiots" for his aggrandizing views of presidential power. [read post]
9 Jun 2019, 7:30 am
For the symposium on Sanford Levinson and Jack M. [read post]
7 Jun 2019, 3:00 am
But she and her husband, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, have received millions of dollars in gifts from her father, who ran the company until last year. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 8:48 am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the bill would most likely not receive a vote in the Senate. [read post]
4 Jun 2019, 1:47 pm
Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell are making noises about approving new Supreme Court judges as soon as possible, regardless of whether it is an election year, the Republican excuse for not taking up the Garland nomination. [read post]
1 Jun 2019, 6:28 pm
“Why Mitch McConnell Outmaneuvers Democrats at Filling the Supreme Court”: Jeffrey Toobin has this post online at The New Yorker. [read post]
1 Jun 2019, 6:43 am
The boundless cynicism of Mitch McConnell is again on display. [read post]
31 May 2019, 7:05 am
At The Economist’s Democracy in America blog, Steven Mazie reviews Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s recent remarks in his home state of Kentucky that he would fill a Supreme Court vacancy in 2020 should one arise during the presidential election. [read post]
30 May 2019, 5:10 am
Dionne Jr. has an op-ed titled “Mitch McConnell just proved he’ll do anything to pack the Supreme Court. [read post]
29 May 2019, 10:42 am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell commented that he would consider a Supreme Court nomination should a seat become vacant during the 2020 election campaign, reports NBC. [read post]
29 May 2019, 4:45 am
From Mitch McConnell? [read post]
