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Mar 09 2023
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Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized after fall, spokesman says
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell was hospitalized after tripping at a local hotel, a spokesman for the senator said.
The Kentucky senator, who’s 81, was attending a private dinner in Washington on Wednesday when he tripped. He was admitted to a hospital for treatment, spokesman Doug Andres said.
McConnell‘s office did not provide additional detail on his condition or how
Washington TimesFeb 04 2015
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Ted Cruz scalded by sick Mitch McConnell burn
Say what you will about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, but the man can deliver a joke.
Speaking at Washington’s tony Alfalfa Club dinner on Saturday night, the Republican spared few targets, the New York Times reports. McConnell poked fun at himself, new inductee Mitt Romney, and fellow members of the U.S. Senate, including a particularly incendiary Tea Party Republican from
SalonMar 08 2015
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Mitch McConnell Pledges To Avoid Debt Ceiling Disaster
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Sunday that despite his differences with President Barack Obama, he has no interest in shutting down the government or causing it to default on its debt.
Treasury Secretary Jack Lew warned Congress on Friday that on March 16 the government would no longer have authority to take on debt to pay for spending Congress has already approved
HuffPostNov 06 2014
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Newly Empowered, Mitch McConnell Promises an End to ‘Gridlock’
Fresh from his own re-election victory and his party’s powerful showing nationwide, Senator Mitch McConnell on Wednesday pledged to break the stalemate in Washington as newly empowered congressional Republicans moved quickly to demonstrate that they can get things done. “We’re going to pass legislation,” Mr. McConnell said at a news conference in Louisville, Ky. “This gridlock and dysfunction
New York Times (News)Oct 15 2013
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Critical caucus meetings for John Boehner, Mitch McConnell
It's decision day for House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
PoliticoOct 24 2013
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Sen. Mitch McConnell calls Obamacare an ‘expensive joke’
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that the plagued Obamacare rollout has been “absolute chaos” and a sign of what’s to come from the controversial law, which he called an “expensive joke.” Mr. McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said that once people are able to log in to the Obamacare website, HealthCare.gov, they are going to find out that they have fewer health care choices
Washington TimesOct 17 2013
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Mitch McConnell defends deal, slams Obamacare tactics
At the end of the day, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he had no good option in the 16-day government shutdown fight. House Speaker John Boehner’s strategy collapsed. Ted Cruz’s push to use a shutdown to defund Obamacare was “not a smart play” and a “tactical error,” he said. And the country was staring at the threat of a prolonged shutdown and a potentially disastrous default on a
PoliticoJun 10 2013
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Mitch McConnell, Harry Reid: 2 sides of same coin
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has carved out a role as the chief antagonist to Barack Obama and Harry Reid lampooning the presidentrsquos unpopularity in Kentucky and regularly attacking the majority leaderrsquos stewardship of the Senate. But McConnellrsquos 2014 campaign is a far different story Itrsquos a spitting image of the...
PoliticoMar 28 2013
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Mitch McConnell's scorched-earth strategy - Manu Raju
FRANKFORT Ky. mdash Kentucky is the Bluegrass State but by the time Mitch McConnell is done with his reelection campaign it may be better known for scorched earth. The top Senate Republican is preparing to wage a ruthless campaign to hang on to his job. Hersquos already on the air with nearly 200000 in TV and radio ads is assembling streams...
Politico