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June 1, 2020

McConnell: George Floyd protests 'hijacked' by rioters committing 'unjust violence’

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that the previously peaceful protests over George Floyd's death in police custody have been “hijacked” by rioters committing “unjust violence.”

May 12, 2020

Biden blasts McConnell claim about Obama pandemic prep as a 'Bunch of malarkey'

Former Vice President Joe Biden slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. Tuesday, accusing him of spreading "malarkey" about the Obama administration's preparation for pandemics like the coronavirus outbreak.

May 7, 2020

Kellyanne Conway torches Schumer, says Dems using coronavirus to start 'the next partisan witch hunt'

Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway pushed back Thursday on Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for claiming the Trump administration had refused to address the coronavirus pandemic, calling it “more petty partisanship” at a time Americans should unify.

April 28, 2020

McConnell vows next coronavirus aid bill 'won't pass the Senate' without business liability protection

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told Fox News Tuesday he will not consider any additional coronavirus aid legislation unless it includes liability or litigation protections for businesses and employees seeking to come back to work.

September 27, 2019

Impeachment fight threatens to grind legislative work to halt

The escalating, all-consuming fight on Capitol Hill over the House Democrat-led impeachment inquiry against President Trump is threatening to derail legislative deals once seen as within reach as lawmakers left Washington Friday for a two-week recess.

August 13, 2019

Reporter's Notebook: What Mitch McConnell said and did not say about guns

The Senate majority leader typically says exactly what he means. And it's always important to note what he does not say as well.

June 24, 2019

Treasury Department watchdog to review delay in Harriet Tubman redesign of $20 bill

The Treasury Department inspector general's office said it will look into why the Trump administration delayed the redesign of the $20 bill, which would have replaced the image of President Andrew Jackson with one of abolitionist and runaway slave Harriet Tubman. 

June 19, 2019

Schumer asks for probe into delay of Harriet Tubman $20 bill

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called any unnecessary delay to honor Tubman on the $20 note "improper and unacceptable." 

June 6, 2019

GOP lawmakers avoid Mexico tariff drama with D-Day ceremonies in France

The Allied invasion of the Normandy beaches in 1944 enabled some lawmakers to escape the U.S. Capitol 75 years later.

March 25, 2019

Schumer rails against 'ancient poison' of anti-Semitism in AIPAC remarks

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer lamented what he called the "ancient poison" of anti-Semitism Monday evening during a speech at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) annual conference in Washington, in which he criticized both President Trump and a fellow Democrat, freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar, without mentioning either one by name.