Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (D-Ky.) were unclear about what red lines their parties have in the $876.8 billion annual defense policy bill. The Democrat-controlled Senate began on July 19 to vote on what will be a total of 51 amendments—21 each from Democrats and Republicans and nine…
Senate Democrat, GOP Leaders Mum About Bottom Lines in Annual Defense Bill
Senate Democrat, GOP Leaders Mum About Red Lines in Annual Defense Bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (D-Ky.) were unclear about what red lines their parties have in the $876.8 billion annual defense policy bill. The Democrat-controlled Senate began on July 19 to vote on what will be a total of 51 amendments—21 each from Democrats and Republicans and nine…
Sen. McConnell Urges Senate to Pass McCarthy’s Debt Deal
May 29, 2023
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) called on the Senate to pass a debt deal that was brokered by the House speaker and White House, arguing that the United States cannot default. “The United States of America will not default on its debt,” McConnell said Sunday after President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)…
McConnell Says Americans Will Decide About Trump’s Verdict in E. Jean Carroll Lawsuit
May 11, 2023
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on May 10 declined to comment on the verdict by a New York jury that found former President Donald Trump civilly liable for battery and defamation in a lawsuit brought by writer E. Jean Carroll. “That’s about presidential politics and that will all be settled in the primaries next…
Senate Republicans Defend McCarthy, Rip Biden on Debt Limit: ‘It’s Childish Not to Negotiate’
May 10, 2023
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Senate Republicans stood firmly behind the efforts of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to tie a debt ceiling increase to spending cuts on May 10, despite criticism from Democrats and President Joe Biden. “The adult in the room has been Speaker McCarthy and the House Republicans,” Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) told reporters at the Capitol…
Debt Limit Meeting With Biden Yielded ‘No New Movement’: McCarthy
May 9, 2023
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Heading into his May 9 debt ceiling talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other congressional leaders, President Joe Biden joked, “We’re going to solve all the world’s problems.” But when the meeting was over, the world still had problems, and according to McCarthy, the national debt was very much still one of them….
McConnell Says Repeal of Iraq War Authorizations Would Benefit Iran
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a lengthy statement on March 28 expressing opposition to a bill that would repeal the 1991 and 2002 Iraq war authorizations, claiming that undoing them would benefit Iran. The first allowed the United States to enter the Gulf War, during which Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s forces were driven…
McConnell Released From Inpatient Therapy Weeks After Concussion
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has been released home after completing inpatient physical therapy at a rehabilitation facility, following a concussion he suffered earlier this month. The 81-year-old senator had a fall at a private dinner for the Senate Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC, on March 8 at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington. After the fall, McConnell was admitted to…
Sen. McConnell Discharged From Hospital
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) was discharged from the hospital on March 13, his spokesperson said in a statement. “Leader McConnell’s concussion recovery is proceeding well and the leader was discharged from the hospital today,” said McConnell’s communications director David Popp. “At the advice of his physician, the next step will be a period…
LIVE 7 AM ET: NTD Good Morning (Mar. 9): Federal Judge Rules ‘Catch and Release’ Policy Illegal; Senator Mitch McConnell Hospitalized
With over 1 million illegal immigrants released into the United States, the policy critics call ‘catch and release’ is under fire. A U.S. District judge ruled on the Biden administration on Mar. 8. 81-year-old Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell is recovering in a hospital. This, after an accident at a hotel in Washington. The Chinese Communist Party…
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