All posts tagged "Mitch McConnell"
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NEWS
McConnell Blocks GOP Sen. Jeff Flake’s Bill To Protect Robert Mueller
November 14, 2018Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday blocked legislation from GOP Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.)...
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NEWS
McConnell Confronted At Restaurant By Angry Constituents Over His Plan To Cut Social Security, Medicare
October 20, 2018Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was confronted Friday night by a group of angry constituents...
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NEWS
GOP Senators Break With McConnell, Call For Kavanaugh FBI Findings To Be Made Public
October 3, 2018A growing list of Republican senators is calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to...
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Authoritarianism
Sen. McConnell Rejects Dem Request To Have FBI Brief All Senators On Kavanaugh Investigation
October 3, 2018In a letter to Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch...
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NEWS
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Breaks With Trump: Russians Are Not Our Friends
July 16, 2018Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Monday said that Russia is not a friend of...
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NEWS
McConnell: I Don’t Think There’s Much Congress Can Do To Stop The Next School Shooting
July 3, 2018Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that he doesn’t believe there is anything Congress...
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DEMOCRACY
Ex-GOP Strategist: Dems Should ‘Dig In Hard’, ‘Do Everything’ To ‘Block’ Trump SCOTUS Nominee
June 27, 2018Former GOP strategist Steve Schmidt, who previously worked for Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign, said...
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DEMOCRACY
Sen. Feinstein: Senate Should Follow ‘McConnell Standard’ And Delay Vote On Supreme Court Nominee
June 27, 2018Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, said the Senate should...
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DEMOCRACY
Sen. Schumer: ‘Height Of Hypocrisy’ For GOP To Vote On SCOTUS Nominee Before Midterms
June 27, 2018Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) is calling on Republicans to “follow the rule they set...
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NEWS
‘Leave My Husband Alone’: Transportation Sec. Yells At Protesters Confronting Sen. McConnell Over Family Separations
June 26, 2018Transporation Secretary Elaine Chao got into a heated exchange with protesters Tuesday demonstrating against her husband,...
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DEMOCRACY
Scarborough: GOP ‘Scared To Death’ To Publicly Criticize Trump, ‘But Privately They All Trash Him’
June 11, 2018MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough, a former GOP congressman, blasted Republican leaders on Monday, saying...
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Authoritarianism
GOP Leader McConnell Cancels August Recess, Preventing Dems From Campaigning For Midterms
June 5, 2018GOP leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has officially canceled the Senate’s month-long August in a move that...
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DEMOCRACY
Senate Committee Defies McConnell’s Rejection, Moves Forward With Bill To Protect Mueller
April 18, 2018Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Wednesday that his committee...
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Authoritarianism
GOP Leader McConnell Refuses To Allow Vote On Bipartisan Bill To Protect Mueller: ‘I’m The One Who Decides’
April 17, 2018Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced on Tuesday that he will not allow the Senate...