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Remembering John Lewis: 'We Have Lost a Giant'

Tributes pour in from Obama, MLK Jr.'s family, and more

(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has ordered flags at the US Capitol to be flown at half-staff in honor of Rep. John Lewis, who died Friday at the age of 80 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Tributes and statements are now pouring in for the civil rights legend and longtime...

Mitch McConnell Will Face the Fighter Pilot

Amy McGrath wins close race against Charles Booker in Kentucky Senate primary

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell will have to defend his Senate seat in Kentucky against a former fighter pilot. Amy McGrath, a retired Marine, has won the close Democratic primary against state Rep. Charles Booker, a progressive African-American lawmaker, reports NBC News and Politico . McGrath was long the favorite to be the nominee,...

Voters Rebuff Trump Picks in 2 Primaries
Voters Rebuff Trump Picks
in N. Carolina, Kentucky 
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Jun 24, 2020 6:58 AM CDT

Voters Rebuff Trump Picks in N. Carolina, Kentucky

And more from Tuesday voting

(Newser) - New York, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, and Mississippi held primaries or runoff elections Tuesday , and in two of those states, voters rebuffed President Trump—or at least his preferred nominees. In North Carolina, Madison Cawthorn, 24, won the runoff for the seat vacated by GOP Rep. Mark Meadows when he...

McConnell Won't Condemn Clearing of Peaceful Protesters

Senate majority leader introduces his own resolution, which also gets blocked

(Newser) - A resolution was introduced in the Senate on Tuesday that would have condemned President Trump's controversial actions against peaceful protesters Monday night in Washington, DC, but Mitch McConnell blocked it, Axios reports. The resolution would have condemned Trump "for ordering federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets...

McConnell: I Misspoke in an Obama Criticism

Previous White House did leave behind a pandemic plan

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell is walking back a criticism of President Obama. In an interview on Fox News Thursday, the Senate majority leader acknowledged that the Obama administration did, in fact, leave behind a plan for handling a pandemic, reports USA Today . "I was wrong," McConnell said. "They did...

McConnell: Obama 'Should've Kept Mouth Shut'

Says discussing coronavirus response was 'classless'

(Newser) - Former President Obama isn't happy with the Trump administration's response to the coronavirus pandemic, which means Mitch McConnell isn't happy with him. "I think President Obama should've kept his mouth shut," the Senate majority leader told President Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump during a...

Congress to Return for Next Package
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Apr 27, 2020 5:41 PM CDT

Congress to Return for Next Package

Neither party expects an aid bill to pass quickly

(Newser) - Congress will be back in the Capitol next week, House and Senate leaders announced Monday, to work on the next pandemic relief package. Both chambers have mostly been empty for weeks, Politico reports, while members attempted to debate and pass legislation from a distance. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the...

McConnell Slammed Over Bankruptcy Suggestion

New York's Cuomo calls it 'one of the really dumb ideas of all time'

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell went on conservative Hugh Hewitt's radio show Wednesday and suggested it would be better if states slammed by the coronavirus filed for bankruptcy rather than get more federal assistance. "My guess is their first choice would be for the federal government to borrow money from future...

GOP Stimulus Plan: $1.2K for Adults, $500 Per Child

Cash payments have opposition among Republican senators

(Newser) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday presented the third part of the legislation intended to help the economy recover from the pandemic, built around payments of $1,200 to anyone with an income up to $75,000. The amount of the payment would decline as household income neared $99,...

Pelosi Says McConnell Humiliated Roberts

After witness vote, speaker says seeing chief justice preside made it 'a sad day for America'

(Newser) - The Senate vote Friday against permitting more testimony or documents in the impeachment trial did more than put President Trump on the fast track to acquittal, Nancy Pelosi says; it forced John Roberts into a bad place. "It is a sad day for America to see Senator McConnell humiliate...

Analysis: Mitch McConnell Played This Masterfully

One writer thinks the Lamar Alexander 'tease' was an orchestrated charade

(Newser) - It's not a sure thing, but the smart money says the Senate is poised to acquit President Trump of impeachment charges without calling witnesses . That became clear after GOP Sen. Lamar Alexander, whose vote was said to be in question, announced that he did not want to hear new...

McConnell Lays Out Plan for Trump's Trial

Each side will have 24 hours to make opening arguments

(Newser) - Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to seek a speedy impeachment trial of President Trump. In a Senate resolution released Monday evening, the AP reports, McConnell detailed the structure for the trial's opening phase, with votes on witnesses deferred until next week. The resolution would permit Trump's lawyers...

Pelosi Ends Blockade on Articles of Impeachment

Sources say the House will vote Wednesday

(Newser) - The House is preparing to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate to start the historic trial, several people tell the AP . Speaker Nancy Pelosi was meeting privately Tuesday at the Capitol with House Democrats about next steps, ending her blockade almost a...

Senate Republicans Won't Dismiss Trump Charges

The votes aren't there, GOP leaders say

(Newser) - Senior Senate Republicans are still trying to settle on the format of President Trump's impeachment trial—but they have made it clear that there will be a trial, despite the president's call to dismiss the charges. Trump tweeted Sunday that a trial instead of "outright dismissal" gives...

Pelosi Won't Be Hurried on Articles of Impeachment

Speaker says she'll send them to the Senate 'when I'm ready'

(Newser) - With pressure building for her to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate for President Trump's trial, Nancy Pelosi said Thursday she'll take that step "when I'm ready." At a press conference, the House speaker added, "that will probably be soon." The...

Looks Like McConnell Will Prevail on Trial Format

Senate leader has votes to begin impeachment proceedings without an agreement on witnesses

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell has the votes necessary to get his way on how the Senate impeachment trial will proceed, reports Politico and the Washington Post . Democrats have been pressing for a guarantee of new witness testimony, but McConnell now has the 51 votes needed to avoid that. It's still possible...

Susan Collins Faults 2 Fellow Senators Over Impeachment

Maine Republican thinks Mitch McConnell, Elizabeth Warren are judging prematurely

(Newser) - Republican Sen. Susan Collins had some bipartisan criticism to offer Monday about the coming impeachment trial of President Trump. Most notably, she faulted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for saying he would coordinate the trial with the White House, reports NBC News . In doing so, Collins became the second Republican...

Trump Takes a Jab at Pelosi From Florida

Says she's 'breaking all the rules' in not handing over the articles of impeachment

(Newser) - President Trump is spending two weeks at his Mar-a-Lago resort, but he's not totally leaving DC behind. On Monday morning he took to Twitter to rail against Nancy Pelosi and his impeachment, writing , "Pelosi gives us the most unfair trial in the history of the US Congress, and...

McConnell: 'Moment the Framers Feared Has Arrived'

Senate majority leader blasts Dems for 'toxic new precedent'; Schumer: McConnell is 'hiding the truth'

(Newser) - For a moment Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell appeared to echo House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. "Moments like this are why the United States Senate exists. The moment the framers feared has arrived," the Kentucky Republican said from the Senate floor, per the Hill . Of course, McConnell wasn'...

McConnell Shuts Down Schumer's Trial Request

Majority leader won't call White House officials to testify

(Newser) - Mitch McConnell rejected Chuck Schumer's suggested terms for President Trump's impeachment trial on Tuesday and said he would not call new witnesses to testify. Speaking on the Senate floor, the majority leader said the request to allow four White House officials to testify signified a weak case, reports...

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