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Politician
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "Cloture votes used to be a rare tool of last resort, only used in a tiny handful of cases. Not these days. In many cases, the nominees in question are completely uncontroversial."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
June 5, 2018
McConnell Statement on Cancelling the August Recess
Sen. Mitch McConnell
April 10, 2018
Executive Session
Sen. Mitch McConnell
April 9, 2018
Nominations
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Feb. 15, 2018
Senate Confirms General Norman Arflack of Kentucky to be U.S. Marshal
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jan. 24, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday, the #Senate confirmed 3 of @POTUS' highly-qualified nominees for important posts. Chairman of the @federalreserve, Jay Powell. Secretary of @HHSGov, Alex Azar. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jan. 24, 2018
Tweet - "The #Senate took another important step in confirming @POTUS' qualified nominees. In strong bipartisan fashion, we confirmed Jay Powell to serve as Chairman of the @federalreserve by a vote of 84-13."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jan. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Now that the shutdown has ended, the #Senate must get back to its job of confirming nominees. We have 3 ready to go: Alex Azar for Secretary of @HHSGov Sam Brownback for Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Jerome Powell for Chairman of the @federalreserve"
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jan. 22, 2018
Tweet - "Today at noon, every Senator can vote to end this government shutdown. We will vote to end this filibuster and advance instead a bipartisan bill that would put this whole mess behind us."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jan. 22, 2018
Tweet - "During the shutdown, the #Senate made no substantive progress -- not an inch -- on the serious, bipartisan negotiations that it will take us to resolve issues such as immigration and border security, health care, disaster relief, defense spending, & many other matters."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jan. 22, 2018
Tweet - "As I've said repeatedly over the past week, shutting down the government is an irresponsible way to do business. All of our important business for the American people had to be put on hold while this manufactured crisis was dealt with."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jan. 22, 2018
Tweet - "It's now evident that this filibuster is doing nothing to generate bipartisan progress on issues that Americans care about. Every day we spend arguing about keeping the lights on is another day we cannot spend negotiating DACA, defense, or any of our other shared priorities."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jan. 21, 2018
Tweet - "In the #Senate, the minority has the power to filibuster. And on Friday, the Democratic Leader made the extraordinary and destructive choice to filibuster the bipartisan bill and guarantee the American people a #SchumerShutdown."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jan. 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Devin Nunes, Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence - Push for Release of Intelligence Committee's FISA Memo
Rep. Steven Guthrie, ...
Dec. 21, 2017
Sens. Paul, Wyden, Lee, and Leahy Release Joint Statement on FISA Reform
Sen. Rand Paul, ...
Dec. 21, 2017
Tweet - "This week in the #Senate: (Special Character) passed once-in-a-generation #TaxReform (Special Character) strengthened our #energy and national security (Special Character) repealed Obamacare's individual mandate tax"
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Dec. 18, 2017
Tweet - "Last week, the #Senate finished another historic week by confirming 3 more of @POTUS' impressive judicial nominees to the Circuit Courts, for a total of 12 this year. CONFIRMED: (Special Character)Thapar (Special Character)Bush (Special Character)Newsom (Special Character)Erickson (Special Character)Barrett (Special Character)Larsen (Special Character)Eid (Special Character)Bibas (Special Character)Katsas (Special Character)Grasz (Special Character)Willett (Special Character)Ho"
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Dec. 14, 2017
Tweet - "When the #Senate confirms Mr. Ho, we'll be adding another fair & impartial judge to the federal bench. @POTUS has nominated individuals with strong fidelity to the law and the Constitution."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Dec. 14, 2017
Tweet - "HISTORY The #Senate has confirmed an historic 12 Circuit Court Judges this year. That's the most in a President's 1st year in office since the creation of circuit courts in 1891."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Dec. 13, 2017
Tweet - "Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett will be the 11th @POTUS nominee to the circuit courts confirmed by the #Senate this year."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Dec. 5, 2017
Tweet - "The #Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen to be the Secretary of @DHSgov. Our nation faces myriad threats, and I look forward to working with Ms. Nielsen to address each of them."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Dec. 5, 2017
Tweet - "The #Senate will take a serious step today to strengthen our nation's security by confirming Kirstjen Nielsen to lead @DHSgov. With her understanding of the challenges facing our nation and her experience in prevention and preparedness, she will excel as the next Secretary."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Nov. 28, 2017
Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with Congressional Leadership
Sen. Mitch McConnell, ...
Nov. 28, 2017
Hearing of the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Mitch McConnell, Hearing on Nomination of Kenny Allen to Serve on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Valley Authority
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Nov. 28, 2017
Joint Statement from Speaker Ryan and Leader McConnell
Sen. Mitch McConnell, ...
Date
Title
Politician
June 6, 2018
Tweet - "Cloture votes used to be a rare tool of last resort, only used in a tiny handful of cases. Not these days. In many cases, the nominees in question are completely uncontroversial."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
June 5, 2018
McConnell Statement on Cancelling the August Recess
Sen.Mitch McConnell
April 10, 2018
Executive Session
Sen.Mitch McConnell
April 9, 2018
Nominations
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Feb. 15, 2018
Senate Confirms General Norman Arflack of Kentucky to be U.S. Marshal
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Jan. 24, 2018
Tweet - "Yesterday, the #Senate confirmed 3 of @POTUS' highly-qualified nominees for important posts. Chairman of the @federalreserve, Jay Powell. Secretary of @HHSGov, Alex Azar. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, Sam Brownback."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Jan. 24, 2018
Tweet - "The #Senate took another important step in confirming @POTUS' qualified nominees. In strong bipartisan fashion, we confirmed Jay Powell to serve as Chairman of the @federalreserve by a vote of 84-13."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Jan. 23, 2018
Tweet - "Now that the shutdown has ended, the #Senate must get back to its job of confirming nominees. We have 3 ready to go: Alex Azar for Secretary of @HHSGov Sam Brownback for Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Jerome Powell for Chairman of the @federalreserve"
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Jan. 22, 2018
Tweet - "Today at noon, every Senator can vote to end this government shutdown. We will vote to end this filibuster and advance instead a bipartisan bill that would put this whole mess behind us."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Jan. 22, 2018
Tweet - "During the shutdown, the #Senate made no substantive progress -- not an inch -- on the serious, bipartisan negotiations that it will take us to resolve issues such as immigration and border security, health care, disaster relief, defense spending, & many other matters."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Jan. 22, 2018
Tweet - "As I've said repeatedly over the past week, shutting down the government is an irresponsible way to do business. All of our important business for the American people had to be put on hold while this manufactured crisis was dealt with."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Jan. 22, 2018
Tweet - "It's now evident that this filibuster is doing nothing to generate bipartisan progress on issues that Americans care about. Every day we spend arguing about keeping the lights on is another day we cannot spend negotiating DACA, defense, or any of our other shared priorities."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Jan. 21, 2018
Tweet - "In the #Senate, the minority has the power to filibuster. And on Friday, the Democratic Leader made the extraordinary and destructive choice to filibuster the bipartisan bill and guarantee the American people a #SchumerShutdown."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Jan. 19, 2018
Letter to the Hon. Devin Nunes, Chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence - Push for Release of Intelligence Committee's FISA Memo
Rep.Steven Guthrie, ...
Dec. 21, 2017
Sens. Paul, Wyden, Lee, and Leahy Release Joint Statement on FISA Reform
Sen.Rand Paul, ...
Dec. 21, 2017
Tweet - "This week in the #Senate: (Special Character) passed once-in-a-generation #TaxReform (Special Character) strengthened our #energy and national security (Special Character) repealed Obamacare's individual mandate tax"
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Dec. 18, 2017
Tweet - "Last week, the #Senate finished another historic week by confirming 3 more of @POTUS' impressive judicial nominees to the Circuit Courts, for a total of 12 this year. CONFIRMED: (Special Character)Thapar (Special Character)Bush (Special Character)Newsom (Special Character)Erickson (Special Character)Barrett (Special Character)Larsen (Special Character)Eid (Special Character)Bibas (Special Character)Katsas (Special Character)Grasz (Special Character)Willett (Special Character)Ho"
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Dec. 14, 2017
Tweet - "When the #Senate confirms Mr. Ho, we'll be adding another fair & impartial judge to the federal bench. @POTUS has nominated individuals with strong fidelity to the law and the Constitution."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Dec. 14, 2017
Tweet - "HISTORY The #Senate has confirmed an historic 12 Circuit Court Judges this year. That's the most in a President's 1st year in office since the creation of circuit courts in 1891."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Dec. 13, 2017
Tweet - "Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett will be the 11th @POTUS nominee to the circuit courts confirmed by the #Senate this year."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Dec. 5, 2017
Tweet - "The #Senate has confirmed the nomination of Kirstjen Nielsen to be the Secretary of @DHSgov. Our nation faces myriad threats, and I look forward to working with Ms. Nielsen to address each of them."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Dec. 5, 2017
Tweet - "The #Senate will take a serious step today to strengthen our nation's security by confirming Kirstjen Nielsen to lead @DHSgov. With her understanding of the challenges facing our nation and her experience in prevention and preparedness, she will excel as the next Secretary."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Nov. 28, 2017
Remarks by President Trump in Meeting with Congressional Leadership
Sen.Mitch McConnell, ...
Nov. 28, 2017
Hearing of the Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee - Opening Statement of Sen. Mitch McConnell, Hearing on Nomination of Kenny Allen to Serve on the Board of Directors for the Tennessee Valley Authority
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Nov. 28, 2017
Joint Statement from Speaker Ryan and Leader McConnell
Sen.Mitch McConnell, ...
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