Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) doubled down on his vote in support of a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, despite criticism from those within his own party. In a meeting with reporters on Tuesday, McConnell argued the newly signed bill will add $550 billion in new investments in areas like broadband, transportation, and utilities….
McConnell Demands Attorney General Explain DOJ Directive to Crack Down on Parent Protests
October 10, 2021
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday warned Attorney General Merrick Garland that his recent Justice Department memo directing federal law enforcement to crack down on parent protests at school board meetings could infringe upon parents’ constitutional rights. The attorney general’s memo, which has been the center of much criticism since its release on…
McConnell: Republicans Won’t Help Democrats Raise Debt Limit Again
Republicans won’t help Democrats raise the United States’ debt limit again, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told President Joe Biden on Friday. McConnell and 10 other Senate Republicans on Oct. 7 joined Democrats in temporarily raising the ceiling through Dec. 3, enabling Democrats to avoid using a process called reconciliation. That won’t happen again, McConnell warned Biden….
Senate Leaders Announce Short-Term Deal to Raise Debt Ceiling
The top Democrat and Republican in the U.S. Senate on Thursday announced a deal that will raise the United States’ debt ceiling for a brief period. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) hammered out the agreement after Democrats refused to fold the debt limit matter into a mammoth…
McConnell Proposes Deal With Democrats on Suspending Debt Limit
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Wednesday proposed a deal with Democrats that would help them suspend the debt ceiling before the United States defaults. McConnell in a statement said Republicans would help Democrats expedite the process known as reconciliation to address the debt limit. He also said the GOP would let Democrats pass…
Biden Blames Republicans in Address on Debt Ceiling
President Joe Biden in a speech Monday urged Congress to raise the country’s debt ceiling to avoid defaulting on the money it owes for the first time ever. “Defaulting on the debt would lead to a self-inflicted wound that takes our economy over a cliff,” he said in a White House live stream from the…
Republicans Won’t Vote to Raise Debt Limit Given Democrats’ Partisan Budget Plans: McConnell
Senate Republicans will not vote to raise the debt limit at this time because of Democrat plans to spend trillions of dollars, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Republican leaders said Wednesday. The House of Representatives voted this week along party lines to pass a bill that includes suspending the debt limit until…
McConnell: Biden Not Going to Be Impeached
President Joe Biden will not be impeached, the top Republican in the Senate said Wednesday. “The president is not going to be removed from office with a Democratic House and a narrowly Democratic Senate. That’s not going to happen,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said at an event in his home state when asked…
McConnell: US Should Launch Airstrikes to Stop Taliban Advance in Afghanistan
The United States should utilize airstrikes to stop the Taliban from gaining more ground in Afghanistan, the Senate’s top Republican said Saturday. “It is not too late to prevent the Taliban from overrunning Kabul. The Administration should move quickly to hammer Taliban advances with airstrikes, provide critical support to the Afghan National Defense and Security…
McConnell: Biden Should Withdraw Chipman as Nominee to Head Firearms Bureau
President Joe Biden should withdraw David Chipman’s nomination to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Saturday. McConnell raised a series of developments regarding Chipman, including sources described as current and former ATF agents claiming Chipman made racially discriminatory remarks while working for the agency in…
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