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Mitch McConnell

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Mitch McConnell is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Kentucky, a position he has held since 1985. A member of the Republican Party, McConnell has played a significant role in shaping legislative priorities and has served as the Senate Majority Leader since January 2015. Throughout his tenure, he has been involved in key policy areas including healthcare, tax reform, and judicial appointments. McConnell is known for his strategic leadership and has been a prominent figure in national politics, particularly during contentious legislative battles.

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Dec 3, 2017

I'm going to let the people of Alabama make the call where this election has been going on for a long time.

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Nov 30, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell now on the floor. It looks like the process is about ready to get kicked off, but the big issue here is it's been a remarkable day.

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Nov 29, 2017

The president really made no distinction between all the issues touching on Russia, and questions about collusion in the presidential campaign.

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Nov 13, 2017

He actually phoned him during his trip to Asia to ask him how this should be handled by the White House and by Republican leadership here.

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Oct 23, 2017

Look, I don't have any observation about that. We're here to try to accomplish things for the American people. We'll all on the same page on the issues that I've mentioned and, of course, front and center is comprehensive tax as my…

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Oct 15, 2017

Now, our new president, of course, has not been in this line of work before, and I think had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the democratic process.

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Aug 23, 2017

Now, our new president of course has not been in this line of work before and I think had excessive expectations about how quickly things happen in the Democratic process.

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Aug 21, 2017

He simply no longer feels that President Trump can be counted on to be a dependable partner for him in governing or in politics either.

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Aug 21, 2017

Senator McConnell is privately expressing uncertainty the President Trump can actually salvage his presidency.

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Aug 8, 2017

And our new president of course have been in this line of work before, and I think that excessive expectations of how quickly things happen in the Democratic process. And so, part of the reason I think people feel like we're under…

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Aug 8, 2017

Here's Mitch McConnell, theoretically of the same party as our president, criticizing him but more importantly, Matt and I were talking about this during the break, is holding the session and -- the Senate and pro forma sessions during…

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Jul 23, 2017

Senator McConnell now has two votes to lose and still be able to move forward on this motion to proceed.

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Jul 17, 2017

I believe we must continue to push forward now. I regret that the effort to repeal and immediately replace the failures of Obamacare will not be successful. That doesn't mean we should give up. We will now try a different way to bring the…

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Jul 17, 2017

This is a real Mitch McConnell failure. He's been caught lying to members of his own caucus about not really shrinking Medicaid.

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Jul 12, 2017

I think at the end of the day, by the way, Rand Paul is going to be a yes vote. I think they will get the 50 votes.

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Jul 10, 2017

I'm sure that Senator Burr and Senator Warner and their committee will take a look at all aspects of the Russian investigation.

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Jul 6, 2017

Premiums are going up, copayments are going up, deductibles are going up, so we have to solve the current crisis. And I think repealing and then delaying the replacement doesn't work.

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