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February 3, 2021

Republican senators slam Dems over school reopenings amid COVID aid push, say unions 'displaced Dr. Fauci'

With Democrats barrelling ahead in using the parliamentary tactic of budget reconciliation to advance their coronavirus relief agenda, top Senate Republicans indicated Wednesday they plan to hammer President Biden and his party over the slow reopening of schools across the country. 

February 3, 2021

Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick lies in honor at Capitol; Biden, others pay respects

Lawmakers and others held another memorial service Wednesday for Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick in the Capitol Rotunda, where he has been lying in honor since Tuesday evening after dying last month from injuries suffered during the Jan. 6 riot at the building that he helped defend.

February 3, 2021

McConnell: Biden talks 'unity' but White House staff, Dem leadership have different 'playbook' on COVID talks

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell, in comments on the Senate floor Wednesday, alleged that President Biden's staff and Democrats in Congress are preventing the president from making a deal with Republicans on coronavirus relief. 

February 3, 2021

Schumer, McConnell strike deal on Senate power-sharing agreement

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday he sealed a deal with GOP Leader Mitch McConnell on a new power-sharing agreement for Democrats to control the agenda in the Senate.

February 2, 2021

Graham backs Cheney amid attacks over her Trump impeachment vote

As Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming reaches out to GOP House colleagues ahead of a Wednesday meeting to consider a push to strip the congresswoman of her number three House Republican leadership position, a high profile Republican senator is defending her.

February 2, 2021

McConnell rips DHS nominee Mayorkas for creating an 'unethical favor factory for Democratic Party royalty'

Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell blasted President Biden's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as an "ethically-compromised partisan lawyer" who abused his power during the Obama administration. 

February 1, 2021

McConnell rips Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, calls 'loony lies' a 'cancer' for the GOP

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., slammed Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene in a scathing statement on Monday night

February 1, 2021

McConnell defends GOP Rep. Liz Cheney, who voted to impeach Trump: 'A leader with deep convictions'

Cheney has faced calls to resign from her post as House GOP conference chair since she and nine other Republicans crossed party lines to impeach Trump.

January 27, 2021

McConnell says ‘basic arithmetic’ shows Dems can't kill filibuster. How that hampers these progressive desires

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday said that "simple arithmetic" assures the legislative filibuster -- a 60-vote procedural hurdle for bills in the upper chamber -- remains safe for the time being.

January 26, 2021

CNN pundit mocked for claiming McConnell would 'kill the filibuster', despite not doing so in six years

CNN contributor Hilary Rosen raised eyebrows on Monday night over her assertion that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell would "kill the filibuster" if he had the chance.