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Sep 26 2015
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Bobby Jindal Calls for Senate Leader Mitch McConnell to Resign Next
When news of GOP Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)35% ’s resignation filtered into the Values Voter Summit on Friday, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal used the occasion to call for GOP Senate Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)52% to follow the Speaker into retirement.
Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell only came to be the Senate majority leader with the 2014 elections when the GOP
Breitbart NewsJun 26 2016
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Mitch McConnell Won’t Say Whether Donald Trump Is Qualified To Be President
He got two opportunities to say “yes,” but he didn’t take them.
HuffPostAug 08 2015
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Mitch McConnell: We're Not Going to Defund Planned Parenthood Yet
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell strongly implied yesterday that he wouldn't push to defund Planned Parenthood in the September appropriations negotiations. McConnell seemed to express fears that such a fight could backfire on public perception of Republicans, particularly if it led to the threat of a government shutdown:
TownhallJul 22 2015
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Mitch McConnell: Need to get our highway bill over the House
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he will hold another vote Wednesday to kick-start debate on a six-year highway deal, saying lawmakers will have to work into the weekend after Democrats filibustered his first attempt to advance the bill.
“It wasn’t a vote to approve the bill, just a vote to agree to talk about it,” the Kentucky Republican said.
The leader said he’ll
Washington TimesMay 25 2024
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Severe weather threat prompts McConnell Air Force Base to relocate aircraft
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - McConnell Air Force Base relocated its aircraft Saturday morning, away from severe weather forecasted for the Wichita area. Storm Team 12 says a powerful weather maker moving across Kansas will set the stage for strong to severe storms this evening and into Sunday morning, including high winds with the potential for large hail and tornadoes. As a precaution, McConnell
KWCHJan 20 2015
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Mitch McConnell urges Obama to use State of the Union to unify, not divide
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he hoped President Obama would use the State of the Union to highlight areas of agreement with the GOP-controlled Congress — but that’s not the tone he expects the president to strike.
“Any president in this situation has a choice. He can sort of act like he’s still running for office or he can focus on the things that we have a
Washington TimesDec 23 2014
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Mitch McConnell’s New Senate Goal: Turn Republican Dial to Yes
As he prepares to guide Republicans out of the wilderness of the Senate minority, Senator Mitch McConnell, the incoming majority leader, knows his real problem is not corralling mavericks in his party like Senator Ted Cruz. It is persuading other Senate Republicans conditioned to voting no that it is time to vote yes. “One of my challenges is to try to convince some of my members that passing
New York Times (News)Nov 06 2014
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John Boehner, Mitch McConnell Pledge Renewed Commitment To Obamacare Repeal
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wrote in a Wall Street Journal op-ed Wednesday that a focus of the new Republican Congress would be repealing the Affordable Care Act.
HuffPostJan 07 2015
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Mitch McConnell: Obama will determine how much new Congress works
Ending gridlock in Washington will require a change of heart by President Obama, the Senate’s new leader said Wednesday in laying out terms for getting things done on Capitol Hill this year, now that Republicans have majorities in both chambers.
Sen. Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican who was recognized as majority leader Tuesday, said in a commentary piece for CNN that Congress
Washington Times