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McConnell drops filibuster demand, paving way for power-sharing deal
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has abandoned his demand that Democrats state, in writing, that they would not abandon the legislative filibuster. Between the lines:…
McConnell says Trump ‘provoked’ the Capitol attackers
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said President Donald Trump “provoked” the rioters who stormed the Capitol earlier this month as Congress was certifying…
McConnell circulates procedures for second Senate impeachment trial of Trump
Outgoing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday circulated to colleagues a memo outlining the procedure for holding another trial for President Trump if the…
Pelosi, McConnell’s homes vandalized as $2K stimulus bill remains stalled
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) respective homes were tagged with graffiti over the New Year’s holiday as talks…
Graham bucks McConnell: $2,000 payments ‘not socialism’
Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-S.C.) pushed back Friday on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) characterization of $2,000 coronavirus relief payments to Americans as “socialism for…
Senate bill to raise checks to $2K blocked for third day in a row
A bill to increase the amount of recently passed stimulus checks from $600 to $2,000 was blocked for a third day in a row in…
Gingrich begs McConnell to set up vote on $2,000 checks
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said Wednesday that he would “beg” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to have a clean vote on $2,000 stimulus…
McConnell blocks vote on $2K checks, signals new package
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday blocked an attempt by Democrats to set up a stand-alone vote on increasing the amount of recently…
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It’s up to you. It really is. The Senate race in your state means EVERYTHING to Georgia, and to all Americans who are suffering during…
McConnell getting much of what he wants in emerging relief deal
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is getting much of what he wants in an emerging coronavirus relief package, after months of digging in his…
Trump turns on McConnell for calling Biden president-elect
President Donald Trump scolded Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Twitter early Wednesday morning for finally acknowledging that President-elect Joe Biden won the 2020 White…
McConnell warns Senate Republicans against challenging election results
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned Republican senators Tuesday during a private caucus call not to object to the election results on January 6, according…
Pelosi moves to break stimulus stalemate with key meeting
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has invited congressional leaders to a meeting in her office Tuesday afternoon in a bid to break the monthslong stalemate over coronavirus…
McConnell recognizes Biden as president-elect
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recognized Joe Biden as the president-elect of the United States for the first time on Tuesday, after declining to do…
McConnell drops his Covid ‘red line,’ asks Democrats to drop theirs
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested Tuesday that the best way to reach a deal on coronavirus relief in the lame duck is to…
McConnell, Schumer spar as pressure grows for coronavirus deal
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) sparred over coronavirus relief on Thursday as pressure grows for leadership to cut…
Biden says he can reach deals with McConnell
President-elect Joe Biden says he thinks he can work with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), despite strong skepticism among other Democrats about getting bills passed…
Obama chief economist responds to McConnell quoting him on Senate floor: He missed ‘a critical part’
Former President Obama’s chief economist Austan Goolsbee on Tuesday fired back at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), saying the upper chamber’s top Republican left…
McConnell: COVID-19 relief will be added to omnibus spending package
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that any deal reached on a coronavirus relief package will be added to a year-end omnibus spending…
McConnell halts in-person Republican lunches amid COVID-19 surge
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will temporarily halt in-person Republican lunches amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, an aide confirmed to The Hill Saturday…
McConnell pushed Trump to nominate Coney Barrett on the night of Ginsburg’s death: report
Josh Holmes, former chief of staff to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), said in a new documentary that the Republican leader urged President Trump to…
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