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The next Senate majority leader is decided by Republicans
Republicans in the US Senate have elected their second-in-command Senator John Thune for another term as the party’s whip. The 48-year-old Thune is the second-ranking Republican in the Senate after Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. He has previously been one of the harshest critics of former President Donald Trump, with some Republicans alleging that he is…
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Senate Republicans were unsure of the fate of the immigration deal
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that the bill to fund US government and build President Donald Trump’s wall at the US-Mexico border is “dead on arrival” in the House of Representatives. Earlier, House Speaker Mike Johnson had called the bill “dead on arrival”. The House is scheduled to hold a vote on the…
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Senate border negotiations are going ahead despite opposition from Trump
US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that the politics “have changed” as former President Donald Trump wants to build his reelection campaign around immigration. However, Senator James Lankford, who was the leader of Republicans involved in the negotiations, said that McConnell was aware of the political realities of the situation but he wasn’t…
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Democrats are worried about McConnell’s health issues
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday said that two incidents that caused him to temporarily freeze at public events were related to “phenomenology” of government spending. He added that one incident had occurred when he was sitting in the front row of an event while another incident happened when he was standing in the…
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The Republicans will not be able to replace Feinstein on the Judiciary panel
US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has said that Republicans will block the Democrats’ request to replace Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee as she recovers from shingles at home. “So let’s be clear, Senate Republicans will not take part in sidelining a temporary absent colleague off a committee…to force through their very…
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The Walker problem was coming a mile away.
US Senator Mitch McConnell became the longest-serving Senate leader in the history when he was re-elected to a record seventh term on Tuesday. The 74-year-old passed the late Mike Mansfield, who was Democratic leader from 1961 to 1977. “I’ve been a defensive coordinator my whole political career,” McConnell said. Earlier, former US President Donald Trump…
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Liberals have been busy not losing.
The Republican Party’s Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has urged all Republicans to “get behind” his candidate. “The winning team is the winning team – elections have consequences,” he added. McConnell said that the defeat of Herschel Walker, a Trump-backed candidate for the US Senate in Georgia, “calls into question the viability” of the US…
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The leaders are using the new Congress to raise the debt ceiling.
US Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday said he’s “open to everything” in the ongoing government funding package, adding, “I think we’re going to get it done this year.” This comes a day after House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told House Republicans that he’s against the spending package. The current government funding is set…
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There is a government shutdown at the end of the week.
A group of Republican Senators wrote to GOP leader Mitch McConnell last week, laying out their strategy and urging him to block a big spending bill and to agree to a short-term funding package to keep the government open for a few days. This comes ahead of a Friday midnight deadline when government funding is…
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The Democrats should not underestimate the threat Trump poses.
Former US President Donald Trump is considering a 2024 presidential campaign, media reports said on Monday. Trump is expected to formally declare his interest in the presidential elections on Tuesday, reports further said. Trump had recently criticised US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over his leadership style and said Democrats want Republicans “dead”.