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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.

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

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:

In Praise of Mitch McConnell

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2020 96 Comments

Mitch McConnell isn't the flashiest person on Capitol Hill. To put it mildly. Chuck Schumer regularly beats McConnell to the TV cameras, and Nancy Pelosi makes grand pronouncements as if the Senate and McConnell don't exist.

With several Republicans apparently succumbing on impeachment witnesses, Mitch McConnell may need to go ‘nuclear’

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 28, 2020 102 Comments

The Wall Street Journal reports that Mitch McConnell has told Republican Senators that he does not have the votes to block witnesses:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waEK63h8OC0

If Senate Republicans take the hard vote now on impeachment witnesses, they will not regret it in November

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2020 48 Comments

Mitch McConnell released a resolution to be introduced Tuesday that sets the schedule for the Senate impeachment trial. (Trying not to laugh) The proceedings will start at 1 p.m. each day (to accommodate the Chief Justice's day job schedule), and go for 12 hours. Rinse and repeat. Whoever said Mitch McConnell doesn't have a sense of humor?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjdP1V-_iCE

Recusalpalooza: Democrats Demand McConnell Recuse Himself from Impeachment, Republicans Respond

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 16, 2020 57 Comments

Democrats added another ring to the impeachment circus Wednesday night when Rep. Val Demings, a Congresswoman serving as one of Pelosi's impeachment managers, called for Senate Majority Leader McConnell to recuse himself from the upcoming impeachment hearings.

Senate Drafts Rules for Impeachment Trial: No Mobile Phones, No Talking

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 15, 2020 42 Comments

The Senate released a draft of rules senators must follow during the impeachment trial. It includes no mobile phones and limits the press.

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

McConnell Signs Hawley’s Resolution to Change Senate Rules, Dismiss Articles of Impeachment

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 09, 2020 36 Comments

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signed a resolution by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) that dismisses the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump:

Changing the rules would either require a two-thirds vote or for Republicans to deploy the "nuclear" option.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qasm0iuoy7k

McConnell: Pelosi Having Input on Senate Impeachment Trial a ‘Fantasy,’ ‘Non-Starter’

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 03, 2020 27 Comments

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wasted no time on the first day back from the holiday break to attack Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Democrats over the impeachment of President Donald Trump:

"We've heard it claimed that the same House Democrats who botched their own process should get to reach over here into the Senate and dictate our process," McConnell said from the Senate floor.

https://twitter.com/mmcauliff/status/1207043466053730304

Even CNN Is Calling out Chuck Schumer’s Impeachment Trial ‘Impartiality’ Hypocrisy

Posted by Stacey Matthews on January 01, 2020 27 Comments

Two weeks ago, Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made it very clear to Democrats that he had no intention of playing by the left's rules when it came time for the Senate to conduct the impeachment trial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzUb9NHAASE

McConnell: ‘Do You Think Chuck Schumer is Impartial? So Let’s Quit the Charade’ on Impeachment

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 23, 2019 57 Comments

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called out the Democrats' weak excuse to withhold the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Fox & Friends this morning. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claims she's withholding the articles because it doesn't look like the Senate will have a fair trial.

https://www.mrctv.org/videos/year-ends-msnbc-panics-over-surge-conservative-judges

Somber MSNBC Panel Hits Panic Button Over the McConnell-Trump Judicial Confirmation Record

Posted by Stacey Matthews on December 22, 2019 28 Comments

There was a lot of phony media reporting this week about how Democrats were supposedly treating their impeachment of President Trump as a "somber" moment in American history.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2jjEtjQYuk

Democrats follow Harvard Law Prof. Laurence Tribe off the impeachment cliff

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 20, 2019 103 Comments

Harvard Law School Professor Laurence Tribe has a somewhat storied history, long considered a leading liberal legal light, someone who was talked about in the past as a possible Supreme Court nominee. Tribe's scholarly accomplishments always mixed with pugilistic politics. He was involved in developing what now is known as "Borking":

McConnell: Pelosi gains no ‘Leverage’ by ‘Refraining From Sending Us Something We Do Not Want’

Posted by Mary Chastain on December 19, 2019 45 Comments

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi still will not commit to sending Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. She claims that her party has not "seen anything that looks fair to us." McConnell laughed it off.

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