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28 May 2019, 7:56 pm
Over the weekend, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell told a Chamber of Commerce luncheon that the Senate would fill a Supreme Court vacancy that should arise in 2020, contra his arguments in 2016 that the Senate should not fill Justice Scalia's seat in an election year but should let the people decide who should fill the vacancy. [read post]
24 May 2019, 11:25 am
But Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared the bill "dead on arrival" in the Republican-majority Senate. [read post]
24 May 2019, 3:00 am
A Conservative Activist’s Behind-the-Scenes Campaign to Remake the Nation’s Courts Anchorage Daily News – Robert O’Harrow Jr. and Shawn Boburg (Washington Post) | Published: 5/21/2019 At a time when President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are reshaping federal courts by installing conservative judges and Supreme Court justices, few people outside government have more influence over judicial appointments now than Leonard Leo. [read post]
22 May 2019, 4:57 am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senator Tim Kaine introduced a bill Monday that would raise the minimum age for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21. [read post]
19 May 2019, 6:18 am
“Mitch McConnell on Judges and the ‘Graveyard’: The Senate leader loves 2017’s tax reform, but it’s reversible; Confirming federal judges isn’t. [read post]
14 May 2019, 7:29 am
The following is a series of questions prompted by the forthcoming publication of Michael Bobelian’s “Battle for the Marble Palace: Abe Fortas, Earl Warren, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Forging of the Modern Supreme Court” (Schaffner Press, 2019). [read post]
8 May 2019, 4:40 pm
Jennifer Bendery of HuffPost reports that “Mitch McConnell Broke From Precedent Again To Confirm A Trump Judge; For the third time in history, the Senate advanced a judicial nominee over the objections of both home-state senators. [read post]
8 May 2019, 12:51 pm
Chamber of Commerce and numerous other business organizations sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell pressing for Dhillon’s confirmation. [read post]
7 May 2019, 3:45 am
Or Chuck Schumer’s or Mitch McConnell’s. [read post]
2 May 2019, 3:07 am
But it now appears that the business community has been reviving its public efforts to pressure the Senate to act: This Monday (April 29, 2019) over 80 multinational corporations (including Amazon, Chevron, Cisco Systems, Coca-Cola, Conoco-Phillips, ExxonMobil, Ford Motor, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, PepsiCo, and Walmart) signed a letter to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair (James Risch, R-Idaho) and Senate Majority Leader (Mitch McConnell, R-KY) urging… [read post]
23 Apr 2019, 7:34 am
Mitch McConnell... [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 8:43 pm
“Really the best day since he got elected,” said Kellyanne Conway, the president’s counselor, about a day on which 400 pages dropped into the public’s lap describing relentless presidential misconduct and serial engagements between his campaign and a foreign actor. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 4:42 pm
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). [read post]
10 Apr 2019, 8:38 am
The Democrats' "Save the Internet Act" doesn't even seem likely to reach Trump, as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) declared it "dead on arrival. [read post]
9 Apr 2019, 12:04 pm
President Trump bears some of the blame, of course, but the main culprit behind this decline is Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), who has consistently violated democratic norms to consolidate power at all costs. [read post]
7 Apr 2019, 10:00 am
Counsel Be a Priority: President Trump earlier this year asked Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, to prioritize a confirmation vote for his nominee to be the chief counsel of the Internal Revenue Service, indicating that it was a higher priority... [read post]
6 Apr 2019, 6:00 am
From a Schmittian perspective, Mitch McConnell was entirely right to stop the Garland nomination and hold open a seat for Gorsuch. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 9:12 pm
” Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) responded that the President is “entitled to set up the administration and make it function. [read post]
4 Apr 2019, 6:41 am
What if Mitch McConnell gave Obama's Supreme Court choice, Merrick Garland, an up-and-down vote? [read post]
3 Apr 2019, 12:56 pm
And Zoe Tillman of BuzzFeed News reports that “Mitch McConnell Just Made It A Whole Lot Easier For Trump To Confirm A Bunch Of Nominees; Republicans on Wednesday forced through a rules change that slashes the amount of time it will take to confirm many of Trump’s nominees. [read post]
