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Mitch McConnell backs House TikTok bill that could lead to ban
9Apr By adminNo Comments
Money

Mitch McConnell backs House TikTok bill that could lead to ban

Washington — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday endorsed a bill that could lead to a ban of TikTok in the U.S. after its momentum slowed in the Senate following its whirlwind passage in the House last month. "This is the matter that deserves Congress' urgent attention, and I'll support common sense bipartisan steps to take one of Beijing's favorite tools of coercion and espionage off the table," the Kentucky Republican said on the Senate floor, describing the platform as "a tool of surveillance and of propaganda." The legislation seeks to force its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance to sell TikTok within six months to maintain access to U.S. web-hosting services and app stores.  "Requiring the divestment of Beijing-influenced entities ...
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Josh Hawley Loves Lina Khan
22Dec By adminNo Comments
Business

Josh Hawley Loves Lina Khan

Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley doesn’t hide his disdain for Mitch McConnell. But does he have to take Republican administrative agency appointees hostage to spite the Senate Minority leader?Mr. Hawley on Wednesday told Mr. McConnell in a letter that he would deny unanimous consent this week to confirm Republicans Andrew Ferguson to the Federal Trade Commission and Todd Inman to the National Transportation Safety Board. The Senate left town for the year without voting on the nominees. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Progressives Urge Biden To Reject ‘Unconscionable’ Limits On Immigration
12Dec By adminNo Comments
Politics

Progressives Urge Biden To Reject ‘Unconscionable’ Limits On Immigration

WASHINGTON ― Leading progressive lawmakers on Monday urged President Joe Biden to reject sharp limits on immigration sought by congressional Republicans in exchange for their support for continued U.S. military assistance to Ukraine, amid its struggle against Russian aggression.The GOP’s demands to make Ukraine aid contingent on major changes to the nation’s immigration laws and border policies are jeopardizing the passage of an emergency national security spending package by year’s end ― when U.S. assistance to Ukraine is expected to run dry. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is making another visit to D.C. this week to appeal to Congress to approve over $60 billion in aid.The dispute is also generating division within the Democratic Party. Biden and vulnerable Democrats up for ree...
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Mitch McConnell: Subpoenas For Conservative Justices’ Benefactors ‘Totally Inappropriate’
1Nov By adminNo Comments
Politics

Mitch McConnell: Subpoenas For Conservative Justices’ Benefactors ‘Totally Inappropriate’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday criticized the plan of his Democratic colleagues on the Judiciary Committee to hold a vote to authorize subpoenas for three conservative benefactors of Supreme Court justices as part of the panel’s ethics investigation into the high court.Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who leads the committee, along with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), announced they intend to subpoena Texas billionaire Harlan Crow, conservative activist Leonard Leo and Republican donor Robin Arkley II for information over their ties to right-leaning Supreme Court justices.But McConnell thinks the move is wrong.“What he’s targeting here is private citizens with no legislative purpose,” McConnell told reporters. “I think it’s completely and totally inappropriate.”Durb...
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Mitch McConnell Hopeful New Speaker Mike Johnson Will Back Ukraine Aid
30Oct By adminNo Comments
World

Mitch McConnell Hopeful New Speaker Mike Johnson Will Back Ukraine Aid

Updated Oct. 30, 2023 7:13 pm ETWASHINGTON—Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) said he is optimistic that newly elected Speaker Mike Johnson will back more U.S. aid to Ukraine, as the House moves this week to advance a funding bill that provides $14.3 billion to help Israel to fight Hamas but no money for Kyiv in the war against Russia.“I’m hopeful that he will decide that it was important to support Ukraine, as well,” said McConnell, adding the two would talk about the issue later this week.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell Facing Off In Government Shutdown Showdown
27Sep By adminNo Comments
Politics

Kevin McCarthy, Mitch McConnell Facing Off In Government Shutdown Showdown

WASHINGTON — The top Republicans in the House and Senate don’t agree on how to avert a government shutdown that is looking increasingly likely this weekend.And if the government shuts down, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has made clear who should get the blame: the Republican-led House.“The choice facing Congress, pretty straightforward: We can take the standard approach and fund the government for six weeks at the current rate of operations, or we can shut the government down in exchange for zero meaningful progress on policy,” McConnell said Wednesday morning on the floor of his chamber.“Shutting down the government isn’t an effective way to make a point. Keeping it open is the only way to make a difference on the most important issues we are facing.”As if he hadn’t be...
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Washington’s Age-Old Problem | The New Yorker
7Sep By adminNo Comments
Entertainment

Washington’s Age-Old Problem | The New Yorker

Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter.In January, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell passed a career milestone: he became the Senate’s longest-serving party leader. Since then, McConnell has suffered a number of health setbacks. This includes a fall and subsequent concussion in March and, most recently, a medical episode at a press conference in which he abruptly froze while taking questions, standing silent and motionless for more than thirty seconds. At age eighty-one, McConnell is hardly the only politician showing his years: the two leading Presidential candidates, Joe Biden and Donald Trump, are the two oldest Presidents in history. Susan B. Glasser, a staff writer and a co-host of th...
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