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12.19.22 ‘The state of Alabama has sent some prolific and powerful Senators to this chamber over its history. But Richard Shelby has surpassed them all. He is not just the longest-serving Senator from Alabama, he is the most influential. Our friend is one of the most effective legislators the United States Senate has ever seen.’ […]
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Senate GOP faces politics vs. policy battle on marijuana | #alaska | #politics
The omnibus package is on the path to passage, but the expected exclusion of marijuana banking reform has spawned a battle in the Senate GOP. For months, top Democrats and a number of Republicans had high hopes that legislation allowing banks to offer services to cannabis businesses in states where it has been legalized would […]
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McConnell blames poor midterm ‘candidate quality’ on Trump | #elections | #alabama
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday cited former President Donald Trump’s endorsements in the 2022 midterm election primaries as the reason for “candidate quality” issues that resulted in several major defeats for the Republican Party last month. “We ended up having a candidate quality [issue],” McConnell told reporters. “Look at Arizona, look at […]
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Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell on collision course | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
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CNN — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy took to Fox News primetime last week and dinged his counterpart across the Capitol: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell. Republicans are “wrong” if they want to cut a year-end spending deal with Democrats, McCarthy told Fox News host Laura Ingraham, saying they should instead punt the issue until […]
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McConnell blames Trump for ‘candidate quality’ issues in midterms | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Tuesday blamed the power former President Trump exerted in GOP primaries for the “candidate quality” issues his party struggled with in key races. Speaking to reporters a week after Republicans lost the Senate runoff in Georgia, which expanded the Senate Democratic majority to 51 seats, McConnell said his […]
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U.S. Sen.-elect Britt says internal U.S. Senate GOP leadership battle outcome ‘is what it is at this point,’ but urges unity going forward | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Last month, U.S. Senate Republicans for the 118th Congress elected current Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to continue leading the Republican caucus in 2023 and beyond. However, it was not without controversy. McConnell had an opponent in Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), who chaired the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) this election cycle. U.S. Sen.-elect […]
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GOP’s Lisa Murkowski wins reelection in Alaska Senate race | #alaska | #politics
JUNEAU, Alaska – Alaska Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski has won reelection, defeating Donald Trump-endorsed GOP rival Kelly Tshibaka. Murkowski beat Tshibaka in the Nov. 8 ranked choice election. The results were announced Wednesday, when elections officials tabulated the ranked choice results after neither candidate won more than 50% of first-choice votes. Murkowski wound up […]
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This should be McConnell’s last stint as Senate Republican leader | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP
Longtime Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) should make private succession plans so that he can leave his post of power when the next Congress concludes at the end of 2024. It’s not that McConnell has been a failure as a leader, nor that any Republican in the Senate has shown greater tactical acumen. That’s […]
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GOP’s lackluster fundraising spurs post-election infighting | #alaska | #politics
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trailing badly in his Arizona Senate race as votes poured in, Republican Blake Masters went on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News program and assigned blame to one person: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. “You know what else is incompetent, Tucker? The establishment. The people who control the purse strings,” Masters said before accusing […]
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Tuberville says he is ‘excited’ Trump is running; Calls McConnell ‘a good leader’ | #elections | #alabama
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