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Can Mitch McConnell Still Lead Senate Republicans?

Story of the Week / September 7th, 2023 / By AllSides Staff

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is facing calls to step down from his leadership position over concerns about his health.

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When Republicans Go Back to Their Pre-Reagan Roots

Recommended Reading / March 20th, 2023 / By Dan Schnur

It seems likely that GOP voters' support for U.S. aid to Ukraine will continue to shrink as the war continues.

Republican Party, Politics, Mike Pence, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, 2024 Presidential Election, Kevin McCarthy, Ukraine War, Mitch McConnell

When Mitch McConnell Has to Decide the GOP's Fate

Recommended Reading / January 15th, 2021 / By Dan Schnur

From the Center This viewpoint is from a writer rated Center. In the closing days of the 1964 presidential campaign, Ronald Reagan gave a nationally televised speech regarding his vision of conservatism called “A Time For Choosing”. More than half a century later, what remains of Reagan’s...

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When Mitch McConnell Becomes the Most Important Man on the Planet

Recommended Reading / November 10th, 2020 / By Dan Schnur

As it now stands, Joe Biden will be the first incoming president since George H.W. Bush in 1989 to take office without his party holding full control of Congress. Biden would be the first Democratic president since Grover Cleveland to be sworn in without both the House and Senate on his...

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Media Bias Alert: Biden, McConnell, Others Switch Stances on Supreme Court Vacancies

News / September 22nd, 2020 / By Henry A. Brechter

The Supreme Court vacancy left after Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s passing last Friday is up for grabs, and the media is all over it. Politicians and lawmakers from both parties are taking sides on whether to fill Ginsburg’s open seat before or after the 2020 presidential election . News reports...

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Senate Reveals Healthcare Bill

Story of the Week / June 22nd, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

After much secrecy, Mitch McConnell and the Senate Republicans revealed their updated version of the AHCA today. As McConnell pushes for a vote before the summer recess, a few Republican Senators say the bill does not go far enough to dismantle Obamacare and therefore will not vote to...

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Civility or Free Speech?

Story of the Week / February 9th, 2017 / By John Gable, AllSides Co-founder

At AllSides, we admittedly have a general bias in favor of free speech and civil discourse. So what should we think about Elizabeth Warren's words on the Senate floor and the action to silence her? Senate Rule 19 started 115 years ago in response to a fistfight in the Capitol. Rules in...

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