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May 19, 2021

McConnell, Braun to roll out bill to prevent Democrats from 'weaponizing' IRS to target conservatives

EXCLUSIVE: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican Sen. Mike Braun are rolling out a measure Thursday that would prevent Democrats from “weaponizing” the Internal Revenue Service to target conservatives, by codifying a Trump-era rule that would protect groups regardless of their political ideology, and prevent the agency from doxing donors, Fox News has learned.

May 19, 2021

McConnell opposes Jan. 6 Capitol riot commission: 'Slanted and unbalanced'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced his opposition Wednesday to a new bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, saying the current congressional and criminal investigations are enough.

May 19, 2021

David Limbaugh: Biden's bipartisan sham – Republicans, put country first and fight Dems' radical agenda

Why would Republicans fall for the Democrats' age-old ploy of pressuring them into working on "bipartisan" legislation that will only advance the Democratic agenda and damage the nation?

May 12, 2021

McConnell says Schumer spouting ‘utter nonsense’ about election bill: 'A solution in search of problem'

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., spoke out Wednesday on 'Special Report' following a White House meeting with his Democratic counterparts and an at-times heated Senate Rules Committee markup of the election law overhaul bill the 'For the People Act'

May 12, 2021

Biden meets with congressional leaders, jokes he'll 'snap my fingers' to reach compromise: 'It'll happen'

President Biden on Wednesday, meeting with congressional leaders at the White House, said he believes he can reach "some consensus on a compromise" with Republicans and Democrats, joking that he’ll "just snap my fingers" for it to happen.

May 11, 2021

Dems defeat McConnell amendment to sweeping election bill aimed at stopping effort to 'stack the deck' on FEC

McConnell, making a rare appearance at a committee markup, said that Democrats' proposed change to the FEC would make it partisan and go against the goals of the Democrat-controlled Congress that created it. 

May 11, 2021

Schumer and McConnell spar over Trump, state election laws in showdown over Democrat-backed elections bill

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Chuck Schumer clashed Tuesday at a Senate Rules Committee markup of S. 1, a Democrat-backed elections bill that would dramatically change the role of the federal government in elections. 

May 10, 2021

Senate Democrats press ahead with election reform bill described as 'power grab' by GOP

Senate Democrats are plowing forward with their sweeping election reform bill they argue is necessary to safeguard voting rights that are "under attack," but Republicans have pledged to fight the legislation they've dubbed a Democratic "power grab" to federalize local elections.

May 6, 2021

McConnell predicts Taliban could be running Afghanistan by the end of the year

May 6, 2021

McConnell says 'real chance' Biden, Dems could work with GOP on 'bipartisan' infrastructure bill

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that there is a "real chance" some Democrats and the White House could work with Republicans to pass a "bipartisan" infrastructure bill, a shift from other comments he made this week that Republicans are "100%" focused on stopping President Biden.