Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnellEdison (Mitch) Michelle McConnell focuses on confirming judicial nominees with COVID-19 negotiations McConnell accuses Democrats’ sowing department of ‘downplaying progress’ on election security, Schumer plans to cancel more student debt for next president (R.K.) vowed Friday night to move to fill the vacancy in the Supreme …
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On September 8, 2020, the majority leader of the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell, met in Washington, D.C., U.S.C. No. will depart for the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill. Ting Shen | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images The Senate on Thursday failed to move forward with a plan for Republican …
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Republicans are chasing levy in coronavirus negotiations after a week-long stalemate between Congress Democrats and the White House. Nearly a month after talks about a COVID-19 relief package collapsed, neither side has made major concessions. The prospects of a deal now appear increasingly likely to bleed in late September, as …
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Senate majority leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell House Democrat Introduces Bill to Replace Confederate Monuments Nationwide MTA Warns of 40 Percent Reduction in Metro and Bus Services in New York, Thousands of Job Losses Let’s honor the suffragists who helped secure the 19th Amendment by voting, the right to …
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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) delivers remarks during a weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 28, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows failed to crack a coronavirus relief statement Thursday when they spoke for the …
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