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Mitch McConnell
Pelosi Will Form House Select Committee to Investigate January 6 Attack
The committee will look into why and how the attack happened, and produce recommendations on preventing similar events.
McConnell Is Stacking the Courts and Using Voter Suppression to Maintain Power
Mitch McConnell has established himself as the U.S.’s most dangerous practitioner of might-is-right politics.
Democrats Prepare $6 Trillion Infrastructure Bill That Sidesteps GOP
Democrats are considering a reconciliation bill with infrastructure proposals excluded from the bipartisan negotiations.
After Weeks of Wasted Time, Senate Democrats Demand Action on Infrastructure
McConnell will eat hot mud before granting Biden another legislative victory. When will the president figure that out?
McConnell Says He’ll Block SCOTUS Nominations If GOP Regains the Senate in 2022
The senator said blocking Obama’s nominee in 2016 was the “most consequential thing” he did as Senate majority leader.
Biden’s “Bipartisanship” Has Let Manchin Take the Infrastructure Bill Hostage
Only a hard turn toward the reconciliation process has any real chance of resolving the infrastructure impasse.
Jamaal Bowman Calls Manchin the “New McConnell” for Blocking For the People Act
The progressive from New York blasted Manchin for rejecting the attempt to standardize voting and election rules.
GOP Took Weeks to Create an Infrastructure Plan That’s Mostly Baseline Spending
The GOP proposal for $257 billion in new spending falls far short of Joe Biden’s plan for $1.7 billion of the same.
Democrats Call for End of Filibuster as GOP Threatens to Block Jan. 6 Commission
“We don't compromise with white supremacy. End the filibuster,” said Rep. Cori Bush.
It’s Time for Democrats to Go It Alone on Infrastructure
So long as the minority leader is allowed to keep “negotiating,” the American people and the country will keep losing.