[67], McConnell initially endorsed fellow Kentucky senator Rand Paul during the 2016 presidential campaign. [95] McConnell called for delaying the Senate trial until after Joe Biden's inauguration. [217], In 1997, he founded the James Madison Center for Free Speech, a Washington, D.C.-based legal defense organization. [30], From 1997 to 2001, McConnell was chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the body charged with securing electoral victories for Republicans. "When you question somebody, it should be on their interpretation of the laws. Only Mitch McConnell Can Save the US From Default. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, McConnell initially opposed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, calling it a Democratic "ideological wish list". Rep. Michael G. Grimm, R-N.Y., has announced his intention to resign, effective Jan. 5. In the United States Senate, any senator may speak for unlimited duration unless a 60-person majority votes to invoke cloture, or end debate, and proceed to a final vote. [12] McConnell was elected student council president at his high school during his junior year. [141] Several spending bills were approved that August; the approvals were seen as a victory for McConnell in his attempts to prevent another government shutdown. We'd never see the whole nation accept an election again. After all, with every passing year, fewer and fewer Kentuckians share his far-left progressive beliefs. We have reasonable restrictions on abortion as outlined in Roe v. Wade. That we continue to tackle things like racism. "[55] According to political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson, "Facing off against Obama, [McConnell] worked to deny even minimal Republican support for major presidential initiatives initiatives that were, as a rule, in keeping with the moderate model of decades past, and often with moderate Republican stances of a few years past. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Mitt Romney, Mitch McConnell and Team DeSantis are now all working together to gaslight people into believing that *Donald Trump* is the establishment candidate. So sadness, but also how great she was and how much of an American patriot she was. [222] His personal wealth was increased after receiving a 2008 personal gift to him and his wife, given by his father-in-law James S. C. Chao after the death of McConnell's mother-in-law, whose value has been estimated to be $525million. (You can't make this stuff up!). I don't know that people should be questioning people's personal faith. And now we're eight months into this thing and we still don't have a national plan. 1 obstructionist, is trying to make big things happen", "Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem", "Mitch McConnell's obstruction in the spotlight following massacres", "As the Gorsuch nomination proceeds, this man is taking credit: Mitch McConnell", "Roll Call of Votes on Articles of Impeachment", "Mitch McConnell becomes longest-serving Republican leader in history of Senate", "McConnell Is Senate's New Top Republican", "McConnell takes the reins as Senate majority leader", "Mitch McConnell makes Senate history as longest-serving Republican leader", "McConnell becomes longest-serving senator from Kentucky", "Master of the Senate: Mitchell McConnell gets the job done", "If Democrats Want to Challenge Trump, They Need a New Strategy", "McConnell's Reputation as a Master Tactician Takes a Hit", "Mitch McConnell: 'The man in the middle' of U.S. healthcare war", "The Myth of Mitch McConnell, Political Super-Genius", "The Promise of Party in a Polarized Age", "How the GOP Prompted the Decay of Political Norms", "When did McConnell say he wanted to make Obama a 'one-term president'? What do Kentucky voters ask you about abortion? White Christians' voting patterns are an indictment of churches, Trump's putative putsch and its collaborators, Thanks, President Trump I learned a lot from you.
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