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After Decades of Raking in Corporate Cash, McConnell Tells CEOs Mildly Defending Voting Rights to ‘Stay Out of Politics’

By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Apr 6, 2021   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

After Decades of Raking in Corporate Cash, McConnell Tells CEOs Mildly Defending Voting Rights to ‘Stay Out of Politics’

“I have a feeling he thinks advocating for fair access to the ballot box is the only political act CEOs shouldn’t be engaged in,” said Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. After spending much of his decades-long career raking in corporate cash and combating efforts to limit money in politics, Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday suddenly claimed to be […]

Historians Refute McConnell Claim That Filibuster Has ‘No Racial History’

By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Mar 24, 2021   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Historians Refute McConnell Claim That Filibuster Has ‘No Racial History’

“Historian of the 20th century South here. I dispute Mitch’s statement. The filibuster has a ton of ‘racial history.’” Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday made the sweeping claim that the legislative filibuster has “no racial history at all” and further insisted that historians don’t dispute his view—an assertion that historians immediately disputed. […]

Trump Fires Off Insults at McConnell, Vows to Work Against Weak Republicans

By Brett Wilkins | Common Dreams on Feb 17, 2021   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Trump Fires Off Insults at McConnell, Vows to Work Against Weak Republicans

“The problem with Trump and McConnell attacking each other is that they’re both kinda right about each other,” noted one observer Progressive observers passed the proverbial popcorn Tuesday as Donald Trump issued a retaliatory attack on Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell following withering criticism from the Kentucky Republican—who still voted to acquit the former president at the close […]

McConnell Caves on Filibuster After Democrats Manchin and Sinema Reiterate Opposition to Scrapping ‘Jim Crow Relic’

By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Jan 26, 2021   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

McConnell Caves on Filibuster After Democrats Manchin and Sinema Reiterate Opposition to Scrapping ‘Jim Crow Relic’

“McConnell engaged in the most blatant, ridiculous act of obstructionism imaginable, and instead of telling him that if he kept it up, they’d take that power from him, key Dems reassured him that they’d never take that power from him.” After holding up a must-pass organizing resolution and delaying Democrats’ takeover of the Senate for […]

Cabinet Secretaries Chao, DeVos Resign, Citing Trump-Fueled Violence on Capitol Hill

By VOA News on Jan 8, 2021   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

Cabinet Secretaries Chao, DeVos Resign, Citing Trump-Fueled Violence on Capitol Hill

U.S. President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Elaine Chao, announced her resignation Thursday, the first Cabinet secretary to resign because of Wednesday’s deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters. Chao, the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who is a close Trump political ally, said she was “deeply troubled” by […]

McConnell Condemned for Pushing Poison Pills in Bid to Tank $2,000 Checks

By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Dec 30, 2020   Featured, National, National/World, Politics  

McConnell Condemned for Pushing Poison Pills in Bid to Tank $2,000 Checks

“Senate Republicans are going to try every conceivable way to try to kill the $2,000 checks.” Shortly after blocking efforts by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Senate Democrats to force a vote on a House-passed bill that would provide $2,000 direct payments to most Americans, Republican Majority Leader Mitch McConnell late Tuesday introduced new legislation tying the checks […]

McConnell Objects as Sanders, Senate Democrats Attempt to Force Vote on $2,000 Checks

By Common Dreams Staff on Dec 29, 2020   Featured, National, National/World, Politics, World  

McConnell Objects as Sanders, Senate Democrats Attempt to Force Vote on $2,000 Checks

“Working families need help now. Not next year, now,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday blocked efforts by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic lawmakers to advance a House-approved measure that would provide one-time $2,000 direct payments to most Americans. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) requested unanimous consent for immediate consideration […]

McConnell Backs Trump’s Refusal to Concede to Biden

By Julia Conley | Common Dreams on Nov 10, 2020   National, National/World, Politics  

McConnell Backs Trump’s Refusal to Concede to Biden

“There is no decisive pool of ‘illegal’ ballots, and Republican Party messaging on this score is at best a cynical attempt to delegitimize a decisive presidential defeat.” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday made his first public remarks since President-elect Joe Biden was declared the winner of the 2020 presidential election, but he made no mention […]

“He’s So Proud of How Little He’s Done”: Watch McConnell Laugh When Confronted on Covid Inaction

By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams on Oct 13, 2020   Featured, Health, National, National/World, Politics  

“He’s So Proud of How Little He’s Done”: Watch McConnell Laugh When Confronted on Covid Inaction

  “That laugh should give you nightmares.” In a televised debate with his Democratic opponent Amy McGrath late Monday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell laughed when confronted over his persistent refusal to pass additional coronavirus relief as pandemic-induced mass layoffs continue, hunger grows, and millions face the possibility of imminent eviction. “The House passed a […]

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