March 16, 2021 McConnell says Senate will be '100-car pileup' if Dems nuke filibuster, as progressives clamor to nix rule Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell threatened on Tuesday to turn the Senate into a "hundred car pileup" and block "even the most basic aspects" of its business if Democrats get rid of the legislative filibuster as progressives are asking.Â
March 12, 2021 Biden, Harris to hit battleground states to sell COVID package that passed without any GOP support Twenty-two congressional Democratic leaders and Vice President Kamala Harris will join the president to celebrate the passage of the massive measure, but no Republicans will be present. That’s because no House or Senate Republicans crossed the aisle to vote in favor of the bill.
March 11, 2021 McConnell trashes Biden's COVID relief package as 'multitrillion-dollar Trojan horse' Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is lambasting President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package that Democrats passed through Congress along party-line votes as "a multitrillion-dollar Trojan horse."
March 11, 2021 Trump-Scott meeting comes amid former president's friction with McConnell Former President Trump’s expected to meet this week with Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, the chair of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), a source familiar with the meeting confirms to Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ.
March 10, 2021 Sen. Rob Portman: Republican divide is 'not a policy debate,' but 'a personality issue' Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, joined "Your World" Wednesday to discuss the state of the Republican Party after former President Donald Trump fired off a cease-and-desist letter to the Republican National Committee to quit using his name on behalf of candidates that he said are "RINOS."
March 10, 2021 McConnell says 'overdone' Capitol security reminds him of war-torn Afghanistan Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell said the fortified security at the Capitol two months after the Jan. 6 riot is "overdone," and he compared the militarization in Washington, D.C., to Afghanistan.Â
March 5, 2021 Senate blocks Sanders effort to add $15 minimum wage to coronavirus bill After nearly 12 hours, the U.S. Senate voted Friday night against an effort to add a $15 minimum wage provision to a massive $1.9 trillion coronavirus stimulus package.
March 3, 2021 Former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao faulted by DOT inspector general The U.S. Transportation Department’s inspector general said this week it had twice asked the Justice Department under President Trump to investigate then-Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao.
March 3, 2021 IG finds misuse of office by Elaine Chao at Transportation The Transportation Department’s watchdog asked the Justice Department to criminally investigate Elaine Chao late last year after it determined she had misused her office when she was transportation secretary under President Donald Trump but was rebuffed, according to a report released Wednesday.
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.