Mitch McConnell Tag

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McConnell Blocks Quick Vote on $2,000 COVID Checks

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 29, 2020 38 Comments

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell put a stop to a quick vote that would have increased the COVID stimulus checks to $2,000 from $600.

https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1341194168782245889

No Pushback When CNN Guest Suggests ‘a Little Cheating’ Reelected McConnell

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 22, 2020 27 Comments

Retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson claimed "there was a little cheating" to reelect Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on CNN's Erin Burnett OutFront. Fill-in host Kate Bolduan and the other panelists did not dispute Wilkerson's suggestion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNPCqcsInQ

While You Were Focused on The Kraken, the Senate Continued Confirming Trump Federal Judges

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 19, 2020 50 Comments

Mitch McConnell long ago promised to leave no federal court vacancy unfilled by the end of Trump's first term. Depending on what happens in the next three weeks, this may be Trump's only term and McConnell has continued moving judicial nominations through to confirmation.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv5vhF77f_I

McConnell Suspends Senate Floor Proceedings, Judge Barrett’s Hearings Remain on Schedule

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on October 03, 2020 13 Comments

Republican Sens. Mike Lee (UT), Thom Tillis (NC) and Ron Johnson (WI) have each announced positive tests for COVID-19, and in light of these announcements, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has decided to delay floor proceedings until October 19, 2020.

Democrat Mobs Gather at Homes of Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham Over RBG Replacement

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 22, 2020 18 Comments

The ground troops of the Democratic party are now showing up at the homes of Senator Lindsey Graham and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The media insists on calling these people protesters, but that's not correct. These are angry mobs meant to intimidate and inspire fear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29a0kDfsHOU&feature=youtu.be

Judicial Crisis Network Launches $2 Million SCOTUS Ad

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 21, 2020 13 Comments

The Judicial Crisis Network (JCN) launched a $2.2 million ad campaign to support President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to fill Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat.

Republicans gearing up to fill possible Supreme Court vacancy this election year

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 18, 2020 33 Comments

Can you feel the tension? Every time Ruth Bader Ginsburg goes to the hospital or has a medical diagnosis or procedure, you can feel it. What if this is the time?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cldpQa_kCwI

While you were locked-in and focused on #Obamagate, the judicial confirmation train kept rolling towards November

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 14, 2020 38 Comments

The "while you were focused on [fill in name of event or crisis]" paradigm for posts about Trump judicial nominations is now an unofficial series:

Next big funding fight – Bailing out blue state pension problems

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 23, 2020 67 Comments

Nancy Pelosi, dragging Chuck Schumer along by his collar, caused enormous damage in delaying both the massive $2 trillion relief bill and then the follow up expansion of funding of the Paycheck Protection Program. Remember when the media lost its mind over closure of some national monuments during various Obama-era government shutdowns (which weren't really shutdowns, more scalebacks)? Pelosi has caught none of that hell despite causing millions of workers and thousands of businesses real pain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sHfoVhz71A

Democrats block expansion of Paycheck Protection Plan, demand more unrelated spending

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 09, 2020 14 Comments

Yesterday I reported that Pelosi/Schumer may stymie Paycheck Protection Program expansion over unrelated new spending demands. The PPP provides forgivable loans to small businesses on the condition that the funds be used for paying workers, with a portion permitted to be paid for certain fixed costs like rent.

https://www.wdrb.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-brett-kavanaugh-attend-federal-judge-s-swearing-in/article_1611593e-657c-11ea-abbf-7b4a682a00e0.html

While you were focused on the pandemic, Trump nominated two more Court of Appeals judges

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 05, 2020 26 Comments

We have long covered the substantial and generational shift in the federal judiciary since Trump took office, particularly at the Court of Appeals level. Filling all Court of Appeals vacancies is a top priority, and while the Wuhan coronavirus crisis has stopped much of the economy, it has not stopped the normal functioning of the nomination process, or the activism of Democrats and liberal groups in opposing nominations.

Wuhan Virus Watch: McConnell says there will be 4th coronavirus bill

Posted by Leslie Eastman on April 04, 2020 27 Comments

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that there will be a fourth coronavirus bill in the continuing efforts to protect Americans and the economy against the pandemic.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1RklrwQ448 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkcH3y8UCmM

McConnell Rips Apart Democrats Going ‘Supermarket Sweep’ on Coronavirus Bill

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 23, 2020 31 Comments

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted the Democrats over the pork they want to insert into the coronavirus bill. He described it as a "left-wing episode of supermarket sweep."

Dems Stall Revote on Economic Rescue Bill After Blocking it Sunday

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 23, 2020 12 Comments

Sunday, Democrats tanked a bipartisan bill that would've quickly helped buffer the economic damage caused by the country's coronavirus response, choosing instead to utilize the current crisis to further their policy wish list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P86MPvuVMfI

Senate Democrats block economic rescue bill after Pelosi pulls powerplay in House

Posted by Mary Chastain on March 22, 2020 90 Comments

The supposed bipartisanship to help the economic fallout from the Wuhan coronavirus fell apart on Sunday after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi returned to DC. Coincidence? Probably not because the minute she gets back, shows off her "wishlist," the Democrats vote no on a bill they negotiated.

McConnell Admonishes Schumer’s SCOTUS Threats, Schumer Walks Back Threats… Kind of

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on March 05, 2020 81 Comments

Is anyone buying Schumer's nonpology? During a pro-abortion rally, Senate Majority Leader Schumer threatened Supreme Court Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.

While you were focused on New Hampshire, more Trump judicial nominees were confirmed

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2020 26 Comments

Look, Iowa caucus debacle! Look, Bernie v. Mayor Pete v. Amy for America in New Hampshire. Look, Biden has fled to South Carolina, his campaign graveyard, I mean, firewall. There you (and we) go again, chasing the media squirrel.

McConnell: Perhaps Pelosi “will tear up” impeachment Not Guilty verdict “like she tore up the State of the Union address”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2020 30 Comments

Mitch McConnell gave a powerful speech just before Trump's acquittal, which Nancy Pelosi apparently refuses to accept. Here's McConnell's money quote:

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