Mitch McConnell - report

American politician and lawyer (born 1942)

Addison Mitchell McConnell III is an American politician and retired attorney serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a seat he has held since 1985. McConnell has been the Senate leader of the Republican Party since 2007 and has served as minority leader since 2021, having previously held that post from 2007 to 2015 and was majority leader from 2015 to 2021.

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Mitch McConnell said he would block a nominee from President Biden in 2024 if Republicans are in the Senate majority. The comments sparked outrage from many liberals who recoiled when McConnell did the same thing in 2016 to former President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, then-Judge Merrick Garland. 'These latest attempts to tarnish his name bear the telltale signs of a witchhunt in the making,' McConnell said.
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The House is set to vote later Wednesday on a bill to create the commission. The 10-member panel would be modeled after a bipartisan commission created to investigate the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called McCarthy’s opposition to the commission ‘cowardice’ and said he doesn’t want to find the truth.
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Mitch McConnell says Donald Trump is "practically and morally responsible" for what happened. Acting US Attorney General Michael Sherwin does not rule out Mr Trump facing charges. Just seven people were taken to quarantine hotels in Scotland on Monday as travellers avoided Nicola Sturgeon's stricter isolation policy.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham says Sen. Mitch McConnell's speech will be used against Republicans in 2022. Pelosi suggested Republicans voted to not convict Trump because they 'can't get another job' and want to make sure they are reelected. McConnell argued in floor remarks after acquitting Trump that Congress didn't have the jurisdiction to go after a former president.
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Senate votes on whether to call witnesses during impeachment trial. Republican Herrera Beutler could be ordered to testify. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will vote to acquit Donald Trump. Republican Mitch McConnell calls the former president's actions a “disgraceful dereliction of duty” that led to the 6 January riots.
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Sen. Mitch McConnell said President Trump "provoked" his supporters into storming the Capitol. McConnell is threatening to filibuster the Organizing Resolution which allows Democrats to assume the committee Chair positions.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won't use his emergency powers to hold an impeachment trial. The Senate won't return until its scheduled date of Jan. 19, just a day before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden. McConnell worked to scuttle the impeachment effort during a trial last year on different charges. A two-thirds majority is needed to convict Trump.
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GOP members are trying to delay the official Electoral College count that will make Joe Biden the 46th president of the United States. A doctor quit his post in protest due to the alleged racism at Seattle Children’s Hospital. A 21-year-old Indian politician and college student has officially become the youngest mayor in India's history.
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The Kentucky home of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was vandalized just days after he refused to allow the upper chamber to vote on boosting stimulus checks to $2,000. 'WERES MY MONEY' was spray painted on the front door to McConnell’s home in the Highlands section of Louisville on Saturday. McConnell on Saturday released a statement to the Louisville Courier Journal which read: 'Vandalism and the politics of fear have no place in our society'