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November 15, 2022

Mitch McConnell challenged for GOP Senate leadership by Rick Scott

Senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reports from Capitol Hill on how Republicans are looking to decide leadership positions within the Senate and House on 'Your World.'

November 13, 2022

GOP has to come together and 'vote like a caucus': Sen Rick Scott

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., discusses the GOP strategy following the 2022 midterms, the Senate leadership elections, and unity with the Republican Party on 'Sunday Morning Futures.'

March 3, 2021

McConnell blasts COVID relief bill as 'wildly out of proportion' with America's needs

The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package passed by the House is "a wildly out-of-proportion response to where the country is at the moment," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told "The Story" Wednesday.

December 21, 2020

McConnell: Pelosi, Schumer could have had COVID aid bill months ago, but wanted to damage Trump campaign

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., praised the coronavirus stimulus bill that's poised to pass Congress Monday after months of stalled negotiations, but added that Democrats could have had the same deal months ago had they not prioritized damaging President Trump's reelection hopes.

June 24, 2020

Tillis rips Dems for blocking debate on police reform bill, warns of 'blood on their hands'

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told “America's Newsroom ” Wednesday that congressional Democrats would rather keep the “police reform issue alive until November” than work with Republicans on a “bipartisan basis."

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.