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March 12, 2020

McConnell cancels Senate recess to continue work on coronavirus legislation

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced Thursday afternoon that the Senate's planned recess next week is now canceled, as lawmakers work towards passing legislation to deal with the impact of the coronavirus outbreak.

March 10, 2020

Bipartisan energy bill at a standstill over coolant amendment

A sweeping energy package aimed at fighting climate change which was meant to have bipartisan backing has reached an impasse in the Senate over a coolant amendment. 

March 6, 2020

Joe Concha: The media has a new post-impeachment catchphrase for Trump

The mainstream media's double standard has been revealed in coverage of the controversy surrounding Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a new catch-phrase for President Trump post-impeachment inquiry, The Hill's media reporter Joe Concha said Friday. 

March 6, 2020

McConnell calls Schumer's response to Supreme Court not 'much of an apology'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called the remarks by Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., not "much of an apology," early Friday morning after the minority leader backtracked from comments directed towards two conservative Supreme Court justices on Thursday.

March 5, 2020

Newt Gingrich: Chuck Schumer's comments about justices 'dangerous,' he must apologize

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's threat to two Supreme Court justices was just another illustration of Democrats' desperation, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said Thursday.

March 5, 2020

McConnell slams Schumer on Senate floor for controversial remarks directed at Supreme Court justices

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., called out Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on the Senate floor Thursday morning for his controversial warning a day earlier that Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh would "pay the price" for decisions in abortion cases, Fox News has learned. 

February 29, 2020

Trey Gowdy: It 'breaks my heart' to see coronavirus politicized, it should be 'unifying'

Former Republican South Carolina congressman Trey Gowdy said it "breaks [his] heart to see [coronavirus] politicized." 

February 27, 2020

Dan Henninger: Trump should 'rise above' political squabbling about coronavirus

President Trump's strategy on handling the spread of the coronavirus, or COVID-19, won't "backfire" as long as he "maintains his cool" and rises above political squabbling with his opponents, Wall Street Journal Editorial Page Deputy Editor Dan Henninger said Thursday.

February 13, 2020

Mitch McConnell on Barr criticism of Trump tweets: 'I think the president should listen to his advice'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told "Special Report with Bret Baier" Thursday that if Attorney General William Barr believes the president's tweeting is getting in the way of Barr's work, Trump should follow the attorney general's cue.

February 13, 2020

McConnell on Barr criticism of Trump tweets: ''I think the president should listen to his advice'

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., reacts to Attorney General Bill Barr saying the president's tweets make it 'impossible' to do his job