Mitch McConnell caves after months of blocking vote on election security
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has relented to mounting pressure to provide election security funding.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 19, 2019Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has relented to mounting pressure to provide election security funding.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 19, 2019‘Moscow Mitch’ doesn’t want to admit America’s election systems are vulnerable, but high-profile conservatives are pressuring him to deal with it.
By Lisa Needham - September 19, 2019Mitch McConnell says he won’t consider gun violence legislation until Trump takes a real position, while Trump is resorting to insult comedy to excuse his own inaction.
By Josh Israel - September 18, 2019Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell dismissed the latest allegations against Kavanaugh as ‘Groundhog Day.’
By Josh Israel - September 16, 2019The House passed gun safety legislation in February, and Mitch McConnell has spent every day since then blocking the bills from coming up for a vote.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 16, 2019The pressure is on the Senate to act on previously passed House legislation, the speaker said.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 11, 2019The Senate majority leader didn’t even bother mentioning gun violence in his first remarks after the long August recess.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 10, 2019Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer are demanding that the GOP ‘stem the endless massacres of our fellow Americans by gunfire.’
By Dan Desai Martin - September 09, 2019The Washington Post joins mayors, police chiefs, veterans, and many others in calling on Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to act on gun safety bills.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 04, 2019The Democratic House passed a background check bill in February that would have closed the gun show loophole the Odessa mass shooter exploited. But Mitch McConnell has refused to hold a vote in the Senate.
By Oliver Willis - September 03, 2019Mitch McConnell sells ‘Cocaine Mitch’ T-shirts and calls himself the ‘Grim Reaper,’ but he thinks the nickname ‘Moscow Mitch’ goes too far.
By Oliver Willis - September 03, 2019Mitch McConnell wants to keep the Supreme Court under Republican control no matter who holds the White House.
By Lisa Needham - August 30, 2019‘Mitch McConnell let the coal companies walk away from us, then after one minute, he did too.’
By Oliver Willis - August 26, 2019Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is eager to be the ‘grim reaper’ of popular legislation even if he’s no longer in charge.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 22, 2019Both the Senate Intelligence Committee and Robert Mueller have called for a federal response to Russian attacks.
By Oliver Willis - August 20, 2019Veterans say it is ‘painful and tragic’ to ‘return home and confront a country torn by hate and awash in unregulated guns.’
By Dan Desai Martin - August 19, 2019A Fox News poll shows dwindling support for the NRA and its radical agenda.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 15, 2019The House Judiciary Committee will consider bills to protect Americans from gun violence while the Senate still refuses to do so.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 13, 2019Jaxon O’Mara’s friend was murdered in a shooting at her school, and she’s calling on Congress to do something about it.
By Oliver Willis - August 13, 2019Giffords, a pro-gun safety group, is calling on Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) to support background checks in a powerful new ad.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 09, 2019Mitch McConnell has refused to even allow a vote on gun safety bills that Democrats have already passed in the House and that the majority of Americans support.
By Oliver Willis - August 08, 2019Americans of all political stripes want Sen. Mitch McConnell to stop ignoring gun violence and pass legislation to make the country safer.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 07, 2019Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) don’t want to cancel August recess to address the gun violence crisis, despite being willing to skip their vacations in previous years.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 06, 2019Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell stands against America, with essentially only the NRA in his corner.
By Oliver Willis - August 06, 2019Mitch McConnell goes all-in for death and his ‘Grim Reaper’ campaign theme.
By Oliver Willis - August 05, 2019The House passed multiple gun safety bills more than five months ago, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is blocking all of them.
By Dan Desai Martin - August 05, 2019The overwhelming majority of Americans — including Republicans and even gun owners — support exactly what Buttigieg is talking about.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 30, 2019Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) acted unaware that the leader of her own party blocked election security bills in the Senate.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 30, 2019Mitch McConnell is now in his third year of shilling for Russian attacks on America.
By Oliver Willis - July 29, 2019McConnell has vowed to make the Senate a ‘legislative graveyard.’
By Dan Desai Martin - July 26, 2019