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The Senate Confirmed Justices to End Roe. How Will Voters React?
The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Says He Supports Framework Deal on Guns
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Tuesday that he is “comfortable” with the contours of a bipartisan deal on gun legislation and will back it if the measure “ends up reflecting what the framework indicates.” “I’m comfortable with the framework and if the legislation ends up reflecting what the framework indicates, I’ll be supporting” it, McConnell said. The powerful Republican’s...
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Then and Now: GOP Lawmakers' Evolution on the Capitol Riot
Most every Republican lawmaker expressed outrage in the days after the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Some even blamed then-President Donald Trump. But the larger GOP narrative shifted in the weeks and months that followed. Republican House leader Kevin McCarthy, who had said in the hours after the attack that it had been “the saddest day…
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McConnell: Finland, Sweden ‘Important Additions' to NATO
Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell says Finland and Sweden would be “important additions” to NATO. McConnell spoke to reporters from Stockholm, where he’s leading a delegation of GOP senators in a show of support against Russia’s aggression. McConnell also is calling on President Joe Biden to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism over its invasion of Ukraine. McConnell...
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McConnell, GOP Senators Meet Zelenskyy in Surprise Kyiv Stop
Joining the Kentucky Republican in the unannounced trip to Ukraine’s capital were Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, John Barrasso of Wyoming and John Cornyn of Texas.
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McConnell to Vote Against Jackson's Supreme Court Nomination
The Senate GOP leader said he took issue with Ketanji Brown Jackson’s responses this week during her confirmation hearing.
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McConnell Says He Hasn't Made His Mind Up on Jackson Supreme Court Confirmation Vote
Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the top court, is set to appear Monday before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Republican Leaders Call for Biden to Facilitate MiG-29s to Ukraine
Prominent Republican senators Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Mitt Romney, R-Utah, called for President Joe Biden to help facilitate the transfer of MiG-29 jets from Poland to Ukraine.
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Senate Leaders on Russia's Invasion
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, spoke on Thursday after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Dems, GOP Set Inflation, COVID Mandates as Election Themes
Senate Democrats and Republicans each want to flash election-year signals that they’re helping families struggling with rising costs and the two-year-old pandemic
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Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Spent Big Money to Back GOP Campaigns Through Another LLC
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has another LLC that he used to donate big money to Republican campaigns.
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‘It Was a Violent Insurrection': McConnell Criticizes RNC
Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., criticized the Republican National Committee for censuring two Republican members of the House of Representatives for serving on the January 6th Committee.
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McConnell Rebukes RNC, Calls Jan. 6 ‘Violent Insurrection'
Former President Donald Trump says Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell “does not speak for the Republican Party.”
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Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell Rips RNC for Censuring Cheney, Kinzinger Over Probe of Pro-Trump Capitol Riot
Jan. 6 was “a violent insurrection,” McConnell said, pushing back on the RNC description of that day’s events as “legitimate political discourse.”
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Republican Super PACs Outraise Democratic Rivals Ahead of Midterm Congressional Elections
Republican-led super PACs outraised their Democratic rivals in the latter half of last year, giving them more firepower ahead of this year’s midterm elections.
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Schumer Delays Voting Rights Votes Until Next Week as Democrats Face Filibuster Fight
Senate Republicans are set to block two voting rights bills, leading Democrats to consider filibuster changes to pass them.
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McConnell, Spears, Osaka: Taking a Look at 2021's Most Notable Quotes
A line from a speech given from the U.S. Senate floor before rioters broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6 tops a Yale Law School librarian’s list of the most notable quotes of 2021.
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Senate Passes Bill Easing Way for Debt Limit Increase
The Senate has passed a fast-track plan for raising the debt limit
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Congressional Leaders Reach Deal to Hike Debt Limit
Congressional leaders have reached a deal to lift the nation’s debt limit
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Congress Hopes to Avoid a Government Shutdown as Friday Deadline Approaches
Washington and Wall Street were optimistic Monday that Congress can pass a bill to fund the government and avert a partial shutdown before a Friday deadline.