McConnell: No more relief funds unless we stop workers from suing if they get sick
Mitch McConnell said the Senate would draw a ‘red line’ against virus relief legislation unless it protects businesses.
By Oliver Willis - April 28, 2020Mitch McConnell said the Senate would draw a ‘red line’ against virus relief legislation unless it protects businesses.
By Oliver Willis - April 28, 2020McConnell is bringing the Senate back to Washington, D.C., to push conservative policy goals, like making it harder for workers to sue their employers.
By Emily Singer - April 27, 2020Gov. Andrew Cuomo previously called Mitch McConnell’s idea of states declaring bankruptcy ‘vicious.’
By Oliver Willis - April 24, 2020New York is one of 10 states that pay more in federal taxes than they receive in funding. Yet Senate Republicans don’t think they deserve help with their coronavirus costs.
By Emily Singer - April 24, 2020Mitch McConnell doesn’t want to help the states hit hardest by the coronavirus.
By Kaili Joy Gray - April 23, 2020Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office referred to aid for states hit by COVID-19 as ‘blue state bailouts.’
By Oliver Willis - April 23, 2020McConnell said he thinks it’s considering giving judges the option to reverse their retirements.
By Oliver Willis - April 22, 2020Democrats want another $250 billion for hospitals and states.
By Associated Press - April 13, 2020Republicans are blocking more aid to Americans fighting the coronavirus on the front lines.
By Associated Press - April 10, 2020The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic passed 4,800 as McConnell embraced his role as Grim Reaper of the Senate.
By Dan Desai Martin - April 02, 2020Republicans have been trying to blame impeachment for the federal government’s slow response to the coronavirus, but Trump just contradicted them.
By Emily Singer - April 01, 2020Trump actually did address coronavirus during impeachment, but he didn’t take it seriously.
By Oliver Willis - March 31, 2020Republican senators are taking credit for a provision they tried to strip out of the latest coronavirus stimulus package.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 30, 2020Two members of Congress have been diagnosed with COVID-19 so far.
By Associated Press - March 19, 2020McConnell once described the 2009 stimulus as a ‘trillion dollar mistake.’
By Oliver Willis - March 17, 2020Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has other priorities as he drags his feet on approving a plan to address the coronavirus pandemic.
By Dan Desai Martin - March 16, 2020Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell admitted the bill included ‘urgent Senate priorities,’ but he sent senators home instead of working on passing it.
By Josh Israel - March 16, 2020Republicans are dismissing a Democratic bill to provide economic relief to vulnerable workers hit by the coronavirus outbreak.
By Emily Singer - March 12, 2020Democratic Montana Gov. Steve Bullock has announced he’s running for Senate, upping his party’s odds of winning control of the chamber.
By Emily Singer - March 09, 2020‘If we’re busy tearing ourselves apart in September and October, we could lose,’ former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said.
By Associated Press - February 27, 2020‘It’s very sad that the Grim Reaper has decided more people will die,’ Nancy Pelosi said of McConnell’s inaction on the House’s background check bill.
By Emily Singer - February 27, 2020Neither bill passed, but Republicans still got a chance to rile up their conservative base and shame women seeking abortions.
By Lisa Needham - February 25, 2020After blocking more than 400 items passed in the House, suddenly Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants the Senate to vote on bills.
By Josh Israel - February 25, 2020Arizona Sen. Martha McSally is more loyal to McConnell’s agenda than staunch conservatives like Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 20, 2020A record number of Kentuckians are registered to vote, just in time for Sen. Mitch McConnell’s reelection race.
By Dan Desai Martin - February 19, 2020Polling shows that drug prices and health care affordability are the top issues for Americans. Mitch McConnell is blocking legislation to address both.
By Josh Israel - February 19, 2020Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senator Lindsey Graham, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy say questions about Barr’s impartiality are ‘unfounded.’
By Emily Singer - February 18, 2020Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said in September that he would not allow a vote on the Lower Drug Costs Now Act.
By Josh Israel - February 18, 2020Many of the bills easily passed the House, on many occasions with overwhelming bipartisan support.
By Josh Israel - February 14, 2020The Senate went on the record against the Trump administration waging unauthorized war with Iran.
By Josh Israel - February 13, 2020