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18 Apr 2018, 6:16 am
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has thwarted a bipartisan effort to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job, saying he will not hold a floor vote on the legislation even if it is approved next week in the Senate Judiciary Committee. [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 12:57 pm
Mitch McConnell does it again. [read post]
12 Nov 2021, 6:57 pm
And online at MSNBC, Steve Benen has an essay titled “McConnell slays irony, urges Dems to leave Supreme Court alone; There’s regular ol’ hypocrisy and then there’s Mitch-McConnell-warns-of-Supreme-Court-politicization hypocrisy. [read post]
21 Apr 2022, 4:21 am
Times story by Alex Burns and Jonathan Martin, based on their forthcoming book, raises the question whether Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell would have felt able to act on their immediate instincts after January 6–to… Continue reading [read post]
21 Dec 2021, 5:20 pm
“McConnell to Manchin: We’d Love to Have You, Joe; Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, says Democratic outrage over Senator Joe Manchin’s opposition to sweeping policy bills shows he is not welcome in his party any longer. [read post]
9 Mar 2017, 10:35 am
"Mitch McConnell Is Glad He Played Politics With The Supreme Court; 'As you know, I played arguably the single biggest role in having the vacancy there,' McConnell said, adding that having an open Supreme Court spot helped Republicans win the White House": Emma Loop of BuzzFeed News has this report. [read post]
14 Jul 2011, 9:48 am
McConnell will take crap from them for getting them off the hook. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 7:44 am
In a letter to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 48 Senate Democrats, including Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Agriculture Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), urged the abandonment of the reckless proposal in the House-passed Continuing Resolution (H.R 1) that would reduce funding for the CFTC by one-third. [read post]
17 Jun 2012, 9:56 pm
NYT’s “The Caucus:” “Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Friday accused President Obama, his campaign and his administration of engaging in Nixonian dirty tricks, including keeping an enemies list, inciting “mob” attacks on its critics and leaking confidential tax information, in a concerted effort to curtail the free speech of his opponents. [read post]
4 Aug 2019, 6:12 am
Bailey of The Courier Journal of Louisville, Kentucky reports that “McConnell couldn’t escape ‘Moscow Mitch’ at Kentucky’s biggest political picnic. [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 7:38 pm
Joe Walsh (R., Ill.) could effectively take the contingency plan being crafted by Senate leaders Harry Reid (D., Nev.) and Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 5:40 pm
Almost as soon as the polls had closed this past November and the midterm elections were behind us, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) stated that making sure that Obama is a one-term president was the GOP’s most important priority. [read post]
17 Feb 2016, 1:22 pm
McConnell’s posturing shows just how thoroughly infused Supreme Court nominations are with the scent of politics. [read post]
29 Jan 2007, 6:56 am
Senator Mitch McConnell's appearance on Face the Nation signaled clear victory for the victory Republicans. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 4:37 am
The Senate braced for a crucial initial vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh's tottering Supreme Court nomination after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell set his polarized chamber on a schedule to decide an election-season battle that has consumed the nation. [read post]
22 Jun 2009, 8:09 am
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was dubbed Darth Vader by his critics. [read post]
27 Feb 2018, 7:04 pm
"We All Must Live With Mitch McConnell's Proudest Moment": Today's edition of The New York Times contains an editorial that begins, "Remember when the Senate confirmed Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Merrick Garland, the veteran federal appeals court judge, to replace Justice Antonin Scalia, who died suddenly two years ago this month? [read post]
31 Aug 2023, 7:24 pm
Andy… Continue reading The post “What Happens if Mitch McConnell Retires Before His Senate Term Ends? [read post]
17 Oct 2017, 8:50 am
The installment begins, "Stymied legislatively, President Trump and Senator Mitch McConnell are turning their attention to one way they can skirt Democratic roadblocks and mollify unhappy Republicans -- by filling scores of federal court vacancies. [read post]
18 Sep 2020, 6:22 pm
“McConnell says Senate will vote on Supreme Court”: Stephen Dinan of The Washington Times has a report that begins, “Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that he will force a vote on whomever President Trump nominates to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, signaling a brutal fight later this year. [read post]
