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10 Nov 2016, 7:08 am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed yesterday that the TPP would not be brought up for a vote this year, leaving Trump to decide on its future. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 11:02 am
Taking off from Rick's point that Donald Trump may have no core convictions and thus may not govern as he ran: If true, that is precisely why Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell were exactly right to support Trump. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 7:30 am
He gets to pick Antontin Scalia's replacement, vindicating Mitch McConnell's decision to deny Merrick Garland a hearing and ensuring that the GOP will control all three branches of government. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 5:28 am
” The other story is that Republicans held the Senate, leaving Congress in the hands of the Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan. [read post]
9 Nov 2016, 12:37 am
Many in the "sentencing reform" community thought that, while they lost in this Congress, they would win in the next one.So much for that.The Republicans kept their Senate majority, meaning that Mitch McConnell will remain as Majority Leader. [read post]
24 Oct 2016, 3:31 am
Mitch McConnell pretending there is no presidential election going on at all, and certainly no Republican nominee for president, and House Speaker Paul Ryan playing an ongoing game of hot-and-cold which has simultaneously enraged Trump supporters and failed to endear Ryan to Trump opponents. [read post]
21 Oct 2016, 7:49 am
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has ruled out taking up Garland in the lame duck. [read post]
18 Oct 2016, 5:44 am
Here is the intro: Mitch McConnell must end this nonsense. [read post]
14 Oct 2016, 8:39 am
In the Senate, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has kept the late Justice Antonin Scalia’s seat open for an astonishing eight months and counting just so that a Republican president—any Republican—might have the opportunity to fill it. [read post]
12 Oct 2016, 8:21 pm
Mitch McConnell behaved entirely rationally in refusing to treat Judge Garland's nomination seriously, even if one believes that was unfortunate for the republic more generally. [read post]
12 Oct 2016, 7:40 pm
If you thought to yourself “Mitch McConnell, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Ted Cruz, and their colleagues in the Senate; they should do it,”... [read post]
5 Oct 2016, 9:16 am
Mitch Berman (Penn), Our Principled Constitution Commentator: Stephen Sachs (Duke) 4. [read post]
4 Oct 2016, 4:51 am
Syrian Rebels Advancing on Symbolic Islamic State-Occupied Town Free Syrian Army rebels, backed by the United States and bolstered by Turkey’s Euphrates Shield intervention, are advancing on the Islamic State stronghold of Dabiq, located north of Aleppo along the western edge of the Islamic State’s territory. [read post]
3 Oct 2016, 5:30 am
Mitch McConnell blamed President Obama for legislation that would let families of the 9/11 victims sue Saudi Arabia. [read post]
30 Sep 2016, 1:18 pm
Congressional leaders, including Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who voted for JASTA and to override the veto now claim that there are problems with the legislation that must be fixed, writes the Hill. [read post]
30 Sep 2016, 5:15 am
” For CNN, Joan Biskupic reports on the success of Senator Mitch McConnell’s decision to block Senate action on the nomination of Chief Judge Merrick Garland to the court, noting that the “Obama administration’s efforts to reignite interest in the Supreme Court nominee fizzled” and that “no mention of the shorthanded court was made in Monday’s debate. [read post]
29 Sep 2016, 11:32 am
"How Mitch McConnell won the Supreme Court fight": Joan Biskupic of CNN.com has this report. [read post]
21 Sep 2016, 1:26 pm
Senate leaders including Mitch McConnell (R-KY), however, have committed to overriding a presidential veto. [read post]
14 Sep 2016, 5:11 pm
The GOP might be in a position to pass anything it likes, assuming Mitch McConnell is willing to nuke the filibuster. [read post]
8 Sep 2016, 9:30 pm
Prior to the vote, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) expressed confusion about the move, questioning why “Democrats would block plans to keep women and babies safe from Zika,” though Senator Harry Reid (D-Nev.) reportedly felt that Republicans had sabotaged the bill through the inclusion of the Planned Parenthood provision. [read post]
