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Jan. 7, 2021
McConnell on Resignation of Senate Sergeant at Arms
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jan. 6, 2021
Rep. Meijer Upholds Oath to Support and Defend Constitution
Rep. Thomas Massie, ...
Jan. 6, 2021
Tweet - "The United States and the Senate will not be intimidated. We are back at our posts. We will discharge our duty under the Constitution for our nation. And we are going to do it tonight."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Jan. 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Newhouse Joins Massie, Constitutional Conservatives in Sending Letter on Electoral College Certification
Rep. Thomas Massie, ...
Jan. 3, 2021
Gallagher, Colleagues Release Statement Concerning January 6 Vote
Rep. Thomas Massie, ...
Dec. 20, 2020
Tweet - "BREAKING: As the American people continue battling the coronavirus this holiday season, they will not be on their own. Congress has just reached an agreement. We will pass another rescue package ASAP. More help is on the way."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Dec. 17, 2020
Tweet - "Productive conversations remain underway on COVID-19 relief. But Congress must not slide into treating these talks like routine negotiations at our routine pace. This could not be more urgent. The Senate's going to keep working right through the weekend until we get an outcome."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Dec. 14, 2020
Leaders McConnell and McCarthy on Urgent Need for COVID Relief
Sen. Mitch McConnell, ...
Dec. 11, 2020
Dr. Rand Paul Reintroduces the Government Shutdown Prevention Act
Sen. Rand Paul
Dec. 9, 2020
Tweet - "Yesterday, Democrats rejected two more GOP aid proposals in the space of two hours. I've proposed we set aside remaining sticking points and pass everything we agree on. They say "no." And they now admit they blocked aid all summer & fall because there was an upcoming election."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Dec. 9, 2020
Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minor Leader; Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader; Hon. Steve Scalise, House Minority Whip - Rep. Austin Scott Fights for COVID-19 Tax Relief for Small Businesses
Rep. Andy Barr, ...
Dec. 9, 2020
Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader; Hon. Steve Scalise, Senate Minority Whip - PPP Tax Deductibility
Rep. Andy Barr, ...
Nov. 30, 2020
Tweet - "The American people need more help now. Congress should deliver more COVID relief this year. Even House and Senate Democrats are publicly saying that Speaker Pelosi's and Leader Schumer's all-or-nothing obstruction needs to stop."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Nov. 18, 2020
Tweet - ". @ChuckGrassley had not missed a single vote in 27 years. Yesterday he paused that streak, on doctors' orders, while awaiting a COVID test result. The Senate is praying for continued good health for our president pro tempore and looking forward to seeing him again soon."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Nov. 10, 2020
Tweet - "Grateful to my Senate Republican colleagues for their unanimous confidence in me to continue serving as Leader. We have a lot more to do to continue fighting for working families and strengthening our great country."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Oct. 21, 2020
Tweet - "Senate Democrats just used the filibuster -- which they say they dislike -- to kill another coronavirus relief package. Unemployment benefits. PPP. Testing. Vaccines. School funding. Protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Every Democrat just voted to block it all."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Oct. 17, 2020
McConnell on COVID-19 Relief & Senate Schedule
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Oct. 16, 2020
McConnell: Proud to Support Judge Barrett's Confirmation and Proud of this Precedent-Backed Process
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Oct. 16, 2020
Tweet - "Judge Barrett exhibited every bit of the intellectual brilliance, legal expertise, and open-minded judicial temperament that we need on the Supreme Court. I will proudly vote to confirm her. The Senate will take up her nomination as soon as it comes out of Committee."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Oct. 13, 2020
McConnell Issues Update on COVID-19 Relief and Senate Schedule
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Oct. 3, 2020
Leader McConnell Announces Senate Floor Schedule Update
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sept. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Our Senate majority will do exactly the same thing in 2020 that we did in 2016: Follow Senate history, follow the clear precedent in each situation, and do exactly the job we were elected to do. We are going to vote on President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court this year."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sept. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Democrats are threatening to attack the foundations of the Senate and the Court if they do not get their way. Here's the problem with this attempted blackmail: They have already been making these threats for many months. They've been campaigning on them for over a year."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sept. 22, 2020
Dr. Rand Paul Releases Statement After Senator Schumer Blocks Subcommittee Hearing on Cybersecurity During the Pandemic
Sen. Rand Paul
Sept. 18, 2020
Tweet - "ICYMI: I joined the @GuyBensonShow to discuss Speaker Pelosi holding up relief for Americans, Senate Democrats' filibuster hypocrisy, and Democrats playing politics with election security."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sept. 17, 2020
McConnell on The Guy Benson Show
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sept. 14, 2020
Tweet - "Senate Democrats are threatening to blow up the filibuster if they gain power and ram far-left policies through the Senate. But they just used the filibuster last week to block COVID relief. They used it this summer to kill @SenatorTimScott 's police reform bill. Total hypocrisy."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sept. 14, 2020
Tweet - "The framers designed the Senate to be the country's firewall against bad ideas and radical change. If Democrats are afraid their bad ideas could never meet the bar, it's their proposals that need to be scrapped, not our country's checks and balances."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sept. 3, 2020
Tweet - "I'm the only one of the four congressional leaders not from New York or California. It's my job to look out for Middle America, especially my favorite state: Kentucky."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Sept. 1, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Carolyn Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee - Comer calls on Maloney to honor subpoena process & hold a vote
Rep. Jamie Comer
Aug. 22, 2020
Tweet - "If Washington Democrats would devote half the energy they spend worrying about their own re-elections to actually helping the American people, we could easily achieve the kind of targeted, bipartisan relief package that Republicans have wanted for weeks."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Aug. 19, 2020
McConnell on the Passing of Sen. Slade Gorton
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Aug. 10, 2020
Tweet - "I hoped this week we'd be finalizing major legislation. After all, American families are struggling and need help. But Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer decided not to deliver. I am glad the president stepped in to soften the blow of their hostage tactics."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Aug. 6, 2020
Tweet - "Tune in now to @CNBC . I am joining @SquawkStreet to discuss Senate Republicans' plan to help struggling Americans who are facing the mounting consequences of Democrats' inaction. Our nation needs a bipartisan outcome, and they need it now."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "There's a fact of life here in the United States Senate: It takes 60 votes to legislate. So the American people cannot get any of the additional relief that Republicans want to give them unless Democrats will come to the table."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 27, 2020
McConnell Delivers Rotunda Tribute to Congressman John Lewis
Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 22, 2020
Senate Committee Passes Dr. Rand Paul's REINS Act
Sen. Rand Paul
July 22, 2020
Tweet - "A very happy 97th birthday to my great friend, @SenatorDole . Millions of people continue to benefit from the causes Bob championed in the Senate, and the many friends he made here join me in wishing him health and happiness in the year to come."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 20, 2020
Tweet - "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Our nation has bent toward justice because heroes like John Lewis took it upon themselves to lead the way. We celebrate the life of this American hero."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 18, 2020
Tweet - "I will never forget joining hands with John as Congress sang We Shall Overcome at a 2008 ceremony honoring his friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It could not have been more humbling to consider what he had suffered and sacrificed so those words could be sung in that place."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 18, 2020
Tweet - "The Senate and the nation mourn the loss of Congressman John Lewis, a pioneering civil rights leader who put his life on the line to fight racism, promote equal rights, and bring our nation into greater alignment with its founding principles."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 17, 2020
Tweet - "My statement on the passing of Congressman John Lewis:"
Sen. Mitch McConnell
July 2, 2020
Issues Facing America
Sen. Mitch McConnell
June 29, 2020
Senate Majority Leader McConnell Congratulates Ranking Member Comer
Sen. Mitch McConnell
June 29, 2020
Comer Named Republican Leader of House Oversight & Reform Committee
Rep. Jamie Comer
June 27, 2020
Tweet - "ICYMI: I joined the @GuyBensonShow to discuss Senate Democrats' blocking police reform and the Senate's historic judicial confirmations."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
June 26, 2020
McConnell on "The Guy Benson Show'
Sen. Mitch McConnell
June 24, 2020
Senate Democrats Block Police Reform from Coming to Communities Across America
Sen. Mitch McConnell, ...
June 24, 2020
Tweet - "Democrats say they disagree with parts of @SenatorTimScott 's bill. Fine. The Senate has a way to settle policy differences. It's called legislating. The only reason to duck the whole process is if Democrats would rather preserve a campaign issue than find a bipartisan solution."
Sen. Mitch McConnell
June 24, 2020
The Justice Act
Sen. Mitch McConnell
Date
Title
Politician
Jan. 7, 2021
McConnell on Resignation of Senate Sergeant at Arms
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Jan. 6, 2021
Rep. Meijer Upholds Oath to Support and Defend Constitution
Rep.Thomas Massie, ...
Jan. 6, 2021
Tweet - "The United States and the Senate will not be intimidated. We are back at our posts. We will discharge our duty under the Constitution for our nation. And we are going to do it tonight."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Jan. 5, 2021
Letter to the Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House, and Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader - Newhouse Joins Massie, Constitutional Conservatives in Sending Letter on Electoral College Certification
Rep.Thomas Massie, ...
Jan. 3, 2021
Gallagher, Colleagues Release Statement Concerning January 6 Vote
Rep.Thomas Massie, ...
Dec. 20, 2020
Tweet - "BREAKING: As the American people continue battling the coronavirus this holiday season, they will not be on their own. Congress has just reached an agreement. We will pass another rescue package ASAP. More help is on the way."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Dec. 17, 2020
Tweet - "Productive conversations remain underway on COVID-19 relief. But Congress must not slide into treating these talks like routine negotiations at our routine pace. This could not be more urgent. The Senate's going to keep working right through the weekend until we get an outcome."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Dec. 14, 2020
Leaders McConnell and McCarthy on Urgent Need for COVID Relief
Sen.Mitch McConnell, ...
Dec. 11, 2020
Dr. Rand Paul Reintroduces the Government Shutdown Prevention Act
Sen.Rand Paul
Dec. 9, 2020
Tweet - "Yesterday, Democrats rejected two more GOP aid proposals in the space of two hours. I've proposed we set aside remaining sticking points and pass everything we agree on. They say "no." And they now admit they blocked aid all summer & fall because there was an upcoming election."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Dec. 9, 2020
Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minor Leader; Hon. Steny Hoyer, House Majority Leader; Hon. Steve Scalise, House Minority Whip - Rep. Austin Scott Fights for COVID-19 Tax Relief for Small Businesses
Rep.Andy Barr, ...
Dec. 9, 2020
Letter to Hon. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House; Hon. Kevin McCarthy, House Minority Leader; Hon. Steve Scalise, Senate Minority Whip - PPP Tax Deductibility
Rep.Andy Barr, ...
Nov. 30, 2020
Tweet - "The American people need more help now. Congress should deliver more COVID relief this year. Even House and Senate Democrats are publicly saying that Speaker Pelosi's and Leader Schumer's all-or-nothing obstruction needs to stop."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Nov. 18, 2020
Tweet - ". @ChuckGrassley had not missed a single vote in 27 years. Yesterday he paused that streak, on doctors' orders, while awaiting a COVID test result. The Senate is praying for continued good health for our president pro tempore and looking forward to seeing him again soon."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Nov. 10, 2020
Tweet - "Grateful to my Senate Republican colleagues for their unanimous confidence in me to continue serving as Leader. We have a lot more to do to continue fighting for working families and strengthening our great country."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Oct. 21, 2020
Tweet - "Senate Democrats just used the filibuster -- which they say they dislike -- to kill another coronavirus relief package. Unemployment benefits. PPP. Testing. Vaccines. School funding. Protections for people with pre-existing conditions. Every Democrat just voted to block it all."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Oct. 17, 2020
McConnell on COVID-19 Relief & Senate Schedule
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Oct. 16, 2020
McConnell: Proud to Support Judge Barrett's Confirmation and Proud of this Precedent-Backed Process
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Oct. 16, 2020
Tweet - "Judge Barrett exhibited every bit of the intellectual brilliance, legal expertise, and open-minded judicial temperament that we need on the Supreme Court. I will proudly vote to confirm her. The Senate will take up her nomination as soon as it comes out of Committee."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Oct. 13, 2020
McConnell Issues Update on COVID-19 Relief and Senate Schedule
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Oct. 3, 2020
Leader McConnell Announces Senate Floor Schedule Update
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Sept. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Our Senate majority will do exactly the same thing in 2020 that we did in 2016: Follow Senate history, follow the clear precedent in each situation, and do exactly the job we were elected to do. We are going to vote on President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court this year."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Sept. 22, 2020
Tweet - "Democrats are threatening to attack the foundations of the Senate and the Court if they do not get their way. Here's the problem with this attempted blackmail: They have already been making these threats for many months. They've been campaigning on them for over a year."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Sept. 22, 2020
Dr. Rand Paul Releases Statement After Senator Schumer Blocks Subcommittee Hearing on Cybersecurity During the Pandemic
Sen.Rand Paul
Sept. 18, 2020
Tweet - "ICYMI: I joined the @GuyBensonShow to discuss Speaker Pelosi holding up relief for Americans, Senate Democrats' filibuster hypocrisy, and Democrats playing politics with election security."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Sept. 17, 2020
McConnell on The Guy Benson Show
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Sept. 14, 2020
Tweet - "Senate Democrats are threatening to blow up the filibuster if they gain power and ram far-left policies through the Senate. But they just used the filibuster last week to block COVID relief. They used it this summer to kill @SenatorTimScott 's police reform bill. Total hypocrisy."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Sept. 14, 2020
Tweet - "The framers designed the Senate to be the country's firewall against bad ideas and radical change. If Democrats are afraid their bad ideas could never meet the bar, it's their proposals that need to be scrapped, not our country's checks and balances."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Sept. 3, 2020
Tweet - "I'm the only one of the four congressional leaders not from New York or California. It's my job to look out for Middle America, especially my favorite state: Kentucky."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Sept. 1, 2020
Letter to the Hon. Carolyn Maloney, Chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee - Comer calls on Maloney to honor subpoena process & hold a vote
Rep.Jamie Comer
Aug. 22, 2020
Tweet - "If Washington Democrats would devote half the energy they spend worrying about their own re-elections to actually helping the American people, we could easily achieve the kind of targeted, bipartisan relief package that Republicans have wanted for weeks."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Aug. 19, 2020
McConnell on the Passing of Sen. Slade Gorton
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Aug. 10, 2020
Tweet - "I hoped this week we'd be finalizing major legislation. After all, American families are struggling and need help. But Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer decided not to deliver. I am glad the president stepped in to soften the blow of their hostage tactics."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
Aug. 6, 2020
Tweet - "Tune in now to @CNBC . I am joining @SquawkStreet to discuss Senate Republicans' plan to help struggling Americans who are facing the mounting consequences of Democrats' inaction. Our nation needs a bipartisan outcome, and they need it now."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 30, 2020
Tweet - "There's a fact of life here in the United States Senate: It takes 60 votes to legislate. So the American people cannot get any of the additional relief that Republicans want to give them unless Democrats will come to the table."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 27, 2020
McConnell Delivers Rotunda Tribute to Congressman John Lewis
Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 22, 2020
Senate Committee Passes Dr. Rand Paul's REINS Act
Sen.Rand Paul
July 22, 2020
Tweet - "A very happy 97th birthday to my great friend, @SenatorDole . Millions of people continue to benefit from the causes Bob championed in the Senate, and the many friends he made here join me in wishing him health and happiness in the year to come."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 20, 2020
Tweet - "Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said "the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice." Our nation has bent toward justice because heroes like John Lewis took it upon themselves to lead the way. We celebrate the life of this American hero."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 18, 2020
Tweet - "I will never forget joining hands with John as Congress sang We Shall Overcome at a 2008 ceremony honoring his friend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It could not have been more humbling to consider what he had suffered and sacrificed so those words could be sung in that place."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 18, 2020
Tweet - "The Senate and the nation mourn the loss of Congressman John Lewis, a pioneering civil rights leader who put his life on the line to fight racism, promote equal rights, and bring our nation into greater alignment with its founding principles."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 17, 2020
Tweet - "My statement on the passing of Congressman John Lewis:"
Sen.Mitch McConnell
July 2, 2020
Issues Facing America
Sen.Mitch McConnell
June 29, 2020
Senate Majority Leader McConnell Congratulates Ranking Member Comer
Sen.Mitch McConnell
June 29, 2020
Comer Named Republican Leader of House Oversight & Reform Committee
Rep.Jamie Comer
June 27, 2020
Tweet - "ICYMI: I joined the @GuyBensonShow to discuss Senate Democrats' blocking police reform and the Senate's historic judicial confirmations."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
June 26, 2020
McConnell on "The Guy Benson Show'
Sen.Mitch McConnell
June 24, 2020
Senate Democrats Block Police Reform from Coming to Communities Across America
Sen.Mitch McConnell, ...
June 24, 2020
Tweet - "Democrats say they disagree with parts of @SenatorTimScott 's bill. Fine. The Senate has a way to settle policy differences. It's called legislating. The only reason to duck the whole process is if Democrats would rather preserve a campaign issue than find a bipartisan solution."
Sen.Mitch McConnell
June 24, 2020
The Justice Act
Sen.Mitch McConnell
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