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May 15 2014
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Why Mitch McConnell, Senate's top Republican, is so vulnerable at home
Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is revered among Kentucky Republicans. But anti-incumbent sentiment is abroad in the land for the 2014 midterms and a Democrat is charging hard.
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May 16 2014
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Senate race: Mitch McConnell, Kentucky voters out of step on Obamacare?
Kentucky residents say Obamacare needs fixing, but they also find things to like about the states exchange kynect. That means the health care law may not be the spear tip that GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell up for reelection had hoped.
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Sep 04 2023
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Attention returns to Sen. John Cornyn’s future after GOP Leader Mitch McConnell’s latest health scare
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn doesn’t hide that he wants Mitch McConnell’s job as Senate Republican leader.
The senior Texas senator has long expressed interest in the position and spent years as McConnell’s top deputy. After a recent series of health scares raised concerns about McConnell’s future, questions abound about Cornyn’s next step.
Cornyn has said that he will continue to
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Jan 24 2014
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Bluegrass bravado: Untested Alison Lundergan Grimes takes on Mitch McConnell
POLITICO this week begins a yearlong series from the road on the hottest races of 2014. Today the second installment of a two-part look at the challengers seeking to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) the top target of tea party conservatives and national Democrats.
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Nov 13 2014
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Nancy Pelosi Criticizes Media For Focusing On Her Age And Not Mitch McConnell's
Amid renewed focus on whether she should step down from leadership, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday sharply criticized what she said was a double standard for women in positions of power.
Pelosi was asked during her weekly press conference if she had given any thought to giving up her leadership post following tough losses for Democrats in last week's midterm
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Oct 14 2013
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Government shutdown: Pressure is on Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell to make a deal
Time is running out. All eyes are on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as they hold last-minute talks to prevent the U.S. government from defaulting on its 16.7 trillion debt and potentially plunging the country back into a recession.
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Oct 20 2013
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Mitch McConnell stands firm on spending cuts for future budget negotiations
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) suggested Sunday that the automatic spending reductions known as the sequester have given his party leverage moving into future budget negotiations. The government-wide cuts, which took effect in March as a result of the Budget Control Act, trim spending by more than $80 billion during this fiscal year alone. They are scheduled to continue for
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Mar 23 2021
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Senate filibuster reform would produce 'nuclear winter', says Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell, who was accused of laying waste to bipartisan co-operation in the Senate when he blocked a supreme court pick by Barack Obama then changed the rules to hurry through three picks for Donald Trump, has said that if Democrats do away with the filibuster, they will “turn the Senate into a sort of nuclear winter”.
The Republican minority leader, who himself invoked the “
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May 20 2013
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Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul Push For Hemp Legalization In Senate Fight
Kentucky's two senators, Republicans Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell, have been working to include a provision that would legalize industrial hemp into the farm bill, according to Senate and Kentucky sources, an effort that is likely to result in a floor vote on the issue this week.
Paul and McConnell had hoped to insert the measure into the farm bill as it was being considered by the
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Aug 30 2023
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JUST IN: Mitch McConnell Freezes Up For Over Half a Minute a Second Time While Taking to Reporters
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) appeared confused before freezing once again in front of a gaggle of reporters Wednesday. “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to freeze again while taking questions from reporters in Covington, KY. McConnell didn’t respond to a question on re-election. He had to be told the question by an aide. He did not respond for more than 30 secs,” Nobles wrote. “
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