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Jan 24 2013
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Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell Reach Filibuster Reform Deal
Progressive senators working to dramatically alter Senate rules were defeated on Thursday, with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and his counterpart, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), set to announce a series of compromise reforms on the Senate floor that fall far short of the demands. The language of the deal was obtained by HuffPost and can be read here and here.
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HuffPostFeb 13 2014
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Mitch McConnell helps Senate pass hike in debt limit
Congress approved a massive increase in the federal debt Wednesday, with Republican leaders linking arms and jumping together to help Democrats OK a play that will let President Obama borrow as much money as is needed to cover federal obligations for the next 13 months.
Washington TimesMar 04 2013
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John Boehner, Mitch McConnell Offer Opposing Sequester Messages
House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell offered different views of the sequester cuts that took effect late Friday night after lawmakers failed to reach a deal to avoid them.
On NBC's Meet The Press, Boehner criticized the cuts, calling them "silly" and "random."
"I am concerned about its impact on our economy and its impact on our military. Listen,
HuffPostJun 15 2012
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Mitch McConnell: Obama Campaign Is 'Nixonian' In Efforts To 'Silence Critics'
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) leveled harsh criticism at the Obama campaign on Thursday, comparing the president and his team's efforts to "silence critics" to the actions of Richard Nixon.
HuffPostJan 26 2021
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Why Mitch McConnell relented on his demands about preserving the filibuster
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is no longer holding up the Senate organizing resolution — after two Democrats confirmed that they won’t be blowing up the legislative filibuster any time soon.
In the past few weeks, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and McConnell have been working to negotiate the organizing resolution — which governs committee membership and funding
VoxApr 09 2013
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Mitch McConnell: Yeah, I'm Joining This Gun Control Filibuster
Weeks ago Senators Ted Cruz Mike Lee and Rand Paul threatened to filibuster any kind
TownhallJul 27 2023
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Mitch McConnell Had a ‘Face Plant’ Fall Weeks Before His Strange Press Conference: Report
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) tripped and fell as he was getting off a plane earlier this month, according to NBC News, weeks before he appeared to oddly freeze up mid-sentence at a press conference. The Senate Minority Leader was apparently not seriously hurt in the July 14 fall at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, which one person on the plane described as a “face plant,” though they
Daily BeastJan 06 2021
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With Democratic sweep in Georgia, Mitch McConnell will lose majority leader role
Georgia voters have spoken, and their voices resonate loudly in Kentucky: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell won't keep his job as the most powerful senator in Congress.
Tuesday's high-stakes runoff elections in the Peach State pitted two Republicans, David Perdue and U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, against Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, with the GOP's current control
USA TODAYJan 03 2023
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Mitch McConnell sets new record as US Senate's longest-serving party leader
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has broken another record with his decades-long career in Congress when he became the longest-serving party leader in Senate history. That record had been held by Democratic Sen. Mike Mansfield of Montana, but McConnell pulled ahead when Congress convened at noon Tuesday. He has led the Senate Republicans for 16 years and counting − a powerful role he
The Courier-JournalJan 04 2023
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'A legislative miracle': Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell celebrate Brent Spence deal
COVINGTON, Ky. − President Joe Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, self-proclaimed friends despite their allegiance to different parties, met up in the senator's home state Wednesday to celebrate a bipartisan accomplishment many Kentuckians suspected was a pipe dream. A project politicians tried and failed to make happen for nearly 20 years − the construction of a companion to
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