Back in April of his year, nearly 70% of Americans agreed that it was time to pull troops from Afghanistan. There was strong b-partisan support for the measure and Donald Trump has repeatedly talked about bringing the troops home. But now that Joe Biden has executed his plan, many Republicans seem to be getting cold…
We keep hearing about splits in the Republican ranks between those who have sold their souls to the extremist arm of the party loyal to Trumpism, embodying white supremacist and anti-democratic values, and those more traditional Republicans who insist on sharply differentiating the ideology of conservativism from Trumpism. The founders of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project…
While we can repeat over and over again that Joe Biden was elected president of the United States and will be sworn into this highest office in our land next January 20, for many Americans and even media pundits, it is difficult to say the verdict is in. Nervousness persists, and it is intensely palpable….
Donald Trump’s crushing defeat in the U.S. Senate yesterday revealed that impeachment is now a very real possibility , according to MSNBC‘s Lawrence O’Donnell. The host of “The Last Word” said that the politics in Washington have changed, and Senate Leader Mitch McConnell may now be willing to allow the president to be impeached. “The…
Senate Republicans are not happy with Donald Trump, and today plan to take action that has been described as a “stunning rebuke” of the president. For weeks now, GOP senators have told Trump not to declare a national emergency to build a border wall. Mitch McConnell and other Republican Senate leaders have completely rejected his…
When Donald Trump created divisions within America he was elected president. But now he is creating divisions within his own party , which may lead to his downfall. On Saturday he gave a speech outlining his plan to get a border wall and to re-open the U.S. government. But his plan was immediately rejected by…
On Tuesday evening Democrats in the U.S. Senate succeeded in voting down a Middle East policy bill that had been put forth by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. The move was a way for the Democrats to protest President Trump’s government shutdown. If the impasse over funding the government continues they may vote again to…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that any effort by a Democratic House majority to investigate Trump would be presidential harassment and warned Democrats not to harass Trump by holding him accountable.
Senator Jeff Flake of Arizona is now in charge of Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, and he knows it. Flake knows that Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell need his vote in favor of Kavanaugh. He knows that if he votes “no” then Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski are likely to vote…
We’ve always known that GOP Senator Susan Collins of Maine would be important to Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. But we didn’t know exactly how important until yesterday. According to The Hill, Collins is the one person who will make or break Kavanaugh’s opportunity to become a Supreme Court justice. It turns out that…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell went on Fox News to whine about Democrats obstructing Trump nominees while forgetting that he spent Obama’s two terms engaging in obstruction so severe that he obstructed a Supreme Court nominee.
As Mitch McConnell said in 2010, “The voters have spoken. They want a course correction. We should listen to them.”
It’s going to take more than meetings and publicity stunts to remove the stain that men like Roy Moore and Donald Trump have put on the Republican Party.
After refusing to say that accused pedophile Roy Moore doesn’t belong in the Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is in no position to call on Al Franken to resign.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) managed to outdo himself after his late-night tax cut for the rich by refusing to say that Roy Moore should not be in the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that he never turned down a meeting with former President Obama, but McConnell was lying.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) made the absurd claim that Republicans are killing Obamacare so that they can cut more taxes for the middle-class. McConnell is a lie.
In an effort to change the subject to anything but his pedophilia, Republican Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore has declared war on Mitch McConnell.
Roy Moore’s days in politics are numbered, even if he does eke out a victory in Alabama.
With Republicans facing a potential defeat in the Alabama Senate special election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that he believes the accusers of Republican candidate Roy Moore and he called on Moore to step aside.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) admitted on Friday that taxes will go up on some middle-class families under the Republican tax plan.
One of the high priests of the Republican false God trickle down economics claimed on CNN’s State Of The Union that tax cuts for the rich would be offset by economic growth, even though the facts have proven this wish to be untrue.
Trump and Mitch McConnell held a press conference in the name of fake unity just to tell the world that they are best friends.
It was a sign of presidential weakness, and just how much some Senate Republicans can’t stand him, that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended Bob Corker from Trump’s attacks.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is launching one final attack on Obamacare, and if he gets the support of one more Republican Senator, the bill to take healthcare away from 32 million will be voted on during the last week of September.
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) was caught on an open microphone on the Senate floor telling Mitch McConnell how much Trump liked him, and how he told the President that he could benefit by taking a step to the left.
Trump, House, and Senate Republicans are making a big deal out of their tax plan consensus document that will be unveiled on September 25, but the statement is going to contain no details or tax rates.
Mitch McConnell’s allies sent a stern warning to Trump that if he knocks off Republican Senators and Democrats get control of the Senate, he’ll be on the fast track to impeachment.
The real reason why Trump is angry at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is that he blames McConnell for not doing enough to protect him from the Russia investigation. The New York Times reported on a profane phone call between McConnell and Trump, “During the call, which Mr. Trump initiated on Aug. 9 from his…
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took a big jab at Trump by stating that most news is not fake.
As Trump attacks Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Republicans are privately admitting that the person who really deserves the blame for the health care bill failure is the President. The Washington Post reported, “Privately, senior GOP congressional aides across Capitol Hill have said it’s Trump and his team — not McConnell — who…
In his middle of his golf vacation, Donald Trump took a moment to demand that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell repeal and replace Obamacare, pass an infrastructure bill, and pass a tax reform/tax cuts package. With this crazed tweet, Trump confirmed that he no idea how government works.
The Republican White House is attacking the Republican Senate Majority Leader as the pressure of governing is leading Republicans to destroy themselves.
Trump has been threatening to withhold payments for ACA subsidies from insurance companies, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is signaling a move towards a bipartisan health care bill.
Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) who is also a Senate candidate called for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to step down after Republicans failed to pass an Obamacare repeal bill.
Senate Republicans have finally unveiled their 8 page Obamacare, which despite Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell’s best efforts, is finally available for the public to read.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan is telling his Republicans to cancel their travel plans, because they may need to stay in DC to pass the Senate’s health care bill. In other words, Mitch McConnell’s promise of a conference was a lie, and the plan is to take coverage away from 16 million Americans.
Every major piece of legislation is fundamentally more than a collection of policy provisions, it is a reflection of the deepest moral values of our country.
Mitch McConnell just can’t stop losing, as the CBO found that 22 million people would still lose their health insurance under his revised Obamacare repeal and replace bill.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) caved to the far right and announced that he would bring to the floor a stand alone Obamacare repeal bill that will take healthcare away from 32 million Americans.
After Sens. Rand Paul (KY) and Susan Collins (ME) both announced that they would vote against moving the health care bill forward, Democrats need just one more Republican no vote to firmly kill the legislation and save Obamacare.
The reaction to Mitch McConnell’s tweaked version of the Senate healthcare bill was swift, severe, and deadly, with enough moderate Republicans at no to kill the bill.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is trying to force through the health care bill that will take coverage away from 22 million Americans by keeping the Senate in session until the third week of August or Trumpcare is passed.
During an interview on ABC’s This Week, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said that if Republicans can’t pass McConnell’s healthcare bill, they should repeal Obamacare, and then take a couple of years to work on replacing it. Cruz completely screwed over McConnell by undercutting the ACA replacement bill.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) zeroed in on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and became his worst nightmare by explaining how McConnell’s own bill will gut health care in his home state of Kentucky.
Senate Republicans had a clear plan to pass the healthcare bill by keeping Trump far away from it. That plan was blown to bits on Wednesday, as Trump proclaimed himself heavily involved and knowledgeable on health care.
“The longer that it’s out there the more it’s going to stink. People are going to figure out what they’re trying to do to the country.”
Senate Republicans want to put healthcare in the rearview mirror and move on to tax reform, which is why they may be setting the President up to fail by holding votes on a healthcare bill that doesn’t have enough support to pass.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell delivered a reality check to Trump by telling the President that he is not going to be able to let the ACA implode. Instead, if the Senate health care bill fails, Democrats will enter negotiations to save the health insurance market and Obamacare will grow stronger. Politico reported, “President Donald…
In a tone that would become familiar in the following months, Republicans and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) allowed Russia to interfere in the election to help Trump by expressing skepticism about the intelligence that Russia was meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said she hasn’t seen any health care bill text yet this morning because she is not a lobbyist or a reporter.
Republicans are trying to insulate Donald Trump from the potential failure of the health care bill in the Senate by keeping the President far away from the legislation.
Long before the Russians interfered in the 2016 presidential election, Republicans were active hacking the humanity of people in this country and around the world their immoral policies laced with sexism and racism and topped off with various forms of xenophobia.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell turned down an offer to meet with more than 15 patient advocacy groups to keep the details of his healthcare bill a secret from people with preexisting conditions.
After years of false complaints from Sen. Mitch McConnell and his fellow Republican Senators that the ACA was negotiated in secret, Senate Democrats have turned the tables on the now Majority Leader by calling out their refusal to hold a hearing on Trumpcare with an invitation to Senators only meeting next week.
Senate Republicans are going to be done writing their health care bill tonight, but they are refusing to release it to the public yet because they think it would be stupid to let the American people see it this soon.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) sees Republicans having an unpopular president and no legislative accomplishments, and he is getting worried about Democrats winning back the Senate in 2018.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fell apart and could only nervously laugh as Meet The Press host Chuck Todd called him out on not allowing a vote on Obama Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.
“Let me repeat that: only three of the current senators on the Republican side voted for either one of President Obama’s confirmed nominees. Most voted for neither.”
“And every single one of them lined up to conduct an ‘audacious’ partisan blockade of Merrick Garland,” the top Democrat reminded Republicans.
By a 50-49 vote, Senate Republicans have rolled back an Obama-era regulation that allowed states to create retirement accounts for low-income workers whose employers did not provide them.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) claimed that an independent investigation into the Trump Russia scandal is not necessary because he believes that the Senate Judiciary Committee can do the job.
With Republican opposition from the conservative wing of the party growing to the leadership’s plan for Obamacare repeal, united Congressional Democrats are getting closer to a huge win if they can save the health care law.
Protesters were waiting for Mitch McConnell outside of the Jeffersontown Chamber of Commerce luncheon, so Sen. McConnell showed his true colors by hiding from the protesters by sneaking into the building through a hotel back door.
Senate Democrats have found the perfect tactic to prevent Trump and the Republican Congressional majority from accomplishing anything. By using all of their time to review each Trump nominee, Democrats have slowed down the Senate to the point where Trump may not get his full cabinet or any legislation to sign.
Senate Majority Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gave a four-word answer when asked if he believed Trump that nobody from his campaign had contact with Russia that was a bad omen for the White House.
Assistant Democratic Leader Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said that the silencing of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) was a carefully orchestrated Republican plot. If this is the case, then the scheme has horribly backfired on Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his party.
“Think about it: Senator Warren was silenced in the U.S. Senate for reading the words of Coretta Scott King. We are losing our democracy.”
“Mitch McConnel and the Republicans came to the floor to shut me down…what I’d like to do outside the Senate, I just want to read the letter.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) selectively enforced an obscure Senate rule to silence Elizabeth Warren as she discussed Trump attorney general nominee Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL).
Senate Democrats are blocking President Trump’s nominees. Judging by Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) whining remarks on the Senate floor, the efforts are getting under the skin of the Majority Leader.
“There were major holes in how it was done. It almost seems like back-of-the envelope…the slap-dash way it was done was appalling and created the chaos.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) showed a stunning lack of political courage when he refused to criticize President Trump’s Muslim ban during an interview on ABC’s This Week.
These standards are particularly important given the fact that many of Trump’s picks haven’t provided the proper ethics disclosures.
The head of the Office of Government Ethics called “The announced hearing schedule for several [Trump] nominees “of great concern.”
Senate Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer made it official during remarks on the Senate floor; Democrats are prepared to delay confirmation of Trump’s cabinet by weeks if the president-elect’s nominees are not properly vetted.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who blocked Obama SCOTUS nominee Merrick Garland, complained to reporters and claimed that the American people would not tolerate Democrats blocking Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.
Republican Senator Corey Gardner of Colorado will defy President-elect Trump and Senate Majority Leader McConnell by introducing a bill that would create a special panel to investigate Russian hacking and election meddling.
No American patriot will ever accept or defend a leader aligned with a foreign “aggressor that consistently undermines American interests.”
Saying “The Russians are not our friends,” Mitch McConnell, who once dismissed the threat of Russian hacking, has finally responded to pressure and announced that the Senate intelligence panel will conduct an investigation of Russia’s interference in the elections.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) who was reported to have opposed a public statement on Russian election meddling in October, has turned on President-elect Donald Trump and now supports a bipartisan Senate investigation.
It’s not surprising that anyone close to Trump’s campaign would have knowledge of attacks perpetrated at the hand of a foreign government.
“Their obstinance and their obstruction have done real damage to our federal courts, the confirmation process and to the rule of law.”
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was informed about Russia interfering in the election to help Trump before election day, but he refused to stand with President Obama and condemn the actions of Putin’s government. The Washington Post reported, “According to several officials, McConnell raised doubts about the underlying intelligence and made clear to…
“The bill has a giveaway to the gun lobby, cuts Medicare, raids the Affordable Care Act, and makes it harder for people with disabilities to get Medicaid.”
“Nobody should be allowed to burn the American flag – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!”
Instead of a White House firewall to stop the Koch GOP Congress’ disasters, the Kochs and evangelicals have a fascist with a rubber stamp.
“If Hillary Clinton becomes president, I am going to do everything I can to make sure four years from now, we still got an opening on the Supreme Court.”
A new poll of Kentucky reveals that Donald Trump has nearly blown a 12 point lead in Mitch McConnell’s home state, and now leads Hillary Clinton within the poll’s margin of error.
Rather than “big things” we have been treated to a clinic on entropy; a lot of “big words” rather than “big things,” and very little action
Republicans will stand by Donald Trump even when. Yes, even when period, because there is no low too low for Republican leadership.
Republicans don’t care about shunning racism, preserving democracy and religious freedom or avoiding nuclear war because they support Trump.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is still all-in with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, even after Trump falsely accused President Barack Obama of being the founder of ISIS and suggested that Hillary Clinton would be assassinated if she were to pick Supreme Court justices.
Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is running away from Donald Trump like his hair is on fire after the Republican presidential nominee attacked the Gold Star Khan family.
Criticism targeting Trump for threatening to dishonor past agreements with NATO is well warranted; but not from hypocritical Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had the nerve to brag about obstructing President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee during his speech at the Republican convention.
No matter how many people are murdered in acts of terrorism, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is siding with the National Rifle Association. He doesn’t want to be remembered as the guy who defied the NRA.
Mitch McConnell’s scheme of obstructing President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee has backfired and is harming Donald Trump in a new poll of six critical swing states.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) refused to say that Donald Trump is qualified to be president during an interview on ABC’s This Week.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell intentionally gifted the election to the Democratic Party by publicly admitting that Donald Trump knows nothing about the issues.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) showed why Republicans are terrified of her by showing the world the depth of Mitch McConnell’s obstruction on the Senate floor.