April 13, 2022 Reporter’s Notebook: 2022 midterms and the Republicans’ confidence Despite history leaning on the Republicans' side, House GOP-ers' overpromising might be something to heed heading into the 2022 midterms.
April 10, 2022 McConnell says Democrats 'headed toward a pretty good beating’ in midterms Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said on "ӣƵ Sunday" that the Democrats are heading for a "pretty good beating" in the midterm elections because of the Biden’s administration’s "incompetence" on issues like inflation and the Afghanistan withdrawal.
April 7, 2022 McConnell sees 'hallmarks of judicial activism' in Jackson's record but says GOP won't call her 'illegitimate' Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says that despite "judicial activism" concerns, Republicans won't try to undermine Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's legitimacy when she is sworn in as a Supreme Court justice.
April 5, 2022 McConnell memo outlines case for Republicans to vote against Judge Jackson’s 'elevation to the Supreme Court' EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's team is circulating a memo on Capitol Hill outlining three main reasons why Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson should not be confirmed to the Supreme Court this week in the Senate.
March 28, 2022 Pandemic Politics: GOP urges Dems to use unspent money from American Rescue Plan for COVID-19 funding The Biden administration is seeking new COVID money. The White House says without it, there are no funds to distribute a potential fourth booster, or for free tests, therapeutics and vaccines.
March 24, 2022 McConnell says he will oppose Jackson's nomination to the Supreme Court Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced Thursday that he will oppose President Biden's first U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, even after going into the confirmation process with an “open mind.”
March 23, 2022 Reporter’s Notebook: Daylight saving time bill passes in Senate with rare speed Senate unanimously voted to approve a bill to eliminate the Daylight Savings
March 22, 2022 Missouri GOP Senate showdown: Greitens resists calls to drop out after abuse allegations Former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, the front-runner in the state's GOP Senate primary, is resisting calls to drop out after facing new allegations of spousal and child abuse.
March 20, 2022 McConnell says court-packing question should have been 'easy thing' for Biden Supreme Court nominee to answer During an interview on CBS's “Face the Nation," McConnell acknowledged that he had a "very good conversation" in his office with her, but said it was problematic that she couldn't answer a question that he believed would have been an “easy thing” to respond to.
March 16, 2022 McConnell calls on Biden to deploy additional US troops to Eastern Europe, expand trip to 'go beyond' Brussels Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday said President Biden should send more U.S. forces to Eastern Europe and travel there, but blaming Putin for inflation is "utter nonsense."