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September 18, 2020

McConnell: Trump's Supreme Court nominee 'will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate'

Senate Republicans have signaled that they would likely fill a vacancy to the Supreme Court ahead of the presidential election, but it is unclear whether the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will change their stance.

September 18, 2020

McConnell refocuses on Trump's judicial nominees as coronavirus talks stall

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has turned the Senate's gaze to confirming judicial nominees as talks about a fifth coronavirus stimulus package have stalled.

September 17, 2020

Democrat-led marijuana bill spins out of control as election looms

The momentum for Democrats' marijuana bill has stalled amidst testy negotiations over the next coronavirus pandemic stimulus package and continuous partisan bickering. 

September 15, 2020

McConnell warns Dems would 'run roughshod' over country by changing Senate rules

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell warned on Tuesday that if the Democrats win the Senate in November that they will change the rules of the chamber so that they can "run roughshod over the country" -- stark comments that came on the same day multiple Republican senators opined on protecting Senate norms.

September 15, 2020

Bipartisan lawmakers offer coronavirus relief solution in effort to break logjam

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers Tuesday unveiled a compromise coronavirus package that worked out some of the thorniest divisions between Democrats and Republicans in an effort to jump- start relief to Americans still reeling from the health and economic crisis. 

September 10, 2020

McConnell rips Dems after coronavirus relief measure blocked: 'What part of this bill are they opposed to?'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accused Democrats Thursday of choosing to "play games" with coronavirus relief after a Republican measure failed to clear a procedural hurdle in the Senate, effectively killing the legislation that GOP leadership touted as a vital economic lifeline.

September 10, 2020

McConnell accuses Dems of wanting to block relief until after election: 'Their goal is clear'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accused Democrats of refusing to pass legislation to provide additional federal funding in response to the coronavirus pandemic before November's election.

September 10, 2020

Senate fails to advance 'targeted' $300B coronavirus bill; relief in limbo

Republicans' $300 billion coronavirus relief legislation failed to clear a procedural hurdle Thursday in the Senate, effectively killing the legislation that GOP leadership touted as an important economic lifeline and Democrats decried as a purely partisan and paltry effort.

September 10, 2020

Nick Sandmann: I’m a pro-life conservative Republican college student who won’t let cancel culture silence me

Conservative students on college campuses across America face attacks just for speaking out and exercising their First Amendment rights.

September 9, 2020

Randi Weingarten blasts latest Senate GOP coronavirus bill as 'bulimic'

Randi Weingarten ripped Senate Republicans' latest slimmed down coronavirus legislation as a "bulimic" bill that will hurt public schools while giving tax breaks to the wealthy for private education.