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...🤠 HMRC v Premier Foods Ltd (2007) is an epochally important case that considered whether a fruit bar was confectionery....
...The Senate could have tried harder to ram through former president Barack Obama’s selection to replace Scalia, Merrick Garland, who was blocked by Republican Mitch McConnell....
...Michael Collins (Catholic)....
...Mr McConnell’s comments came two days after a bipartisan group of senators led by Democrat Mark Warner of Virginia and Republican Susan Collins of Maine unveiled a $908bn Covid-19 relief bill that would...
...Speaking on the Senate floor on the eve of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation last month, Mitch McConnell struck a contemplative tone....
...Five Republican senators voted against Mr Paul’s motion: Susan Collins of Maine; Lisa Murkowski of Alaska; Mitt Romney of Utah; Ben Sasse of Nebraska; and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania....
...The group includes Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema, as well as Republicans Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Maine’s Susan Collins....
...Later on Thursday, Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate minority leader, suggested a timeline that would result in Mr Trump going on trial in mid-February....
...Allies dismiss much of the criticism of Ms Collins as sexist, particularly the accusation that she is “owned” by Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell....
...Republican reactions to Mr Biden’s immediate stimulus plan have been wide-ranging, highlighting the extent to which they are wrangling with the issue....
...Susan Collins on Monday became the fourth Republican senator to congratulate Mr Biden just days after winning her own tight re-election battle, the senator from Maine has been among the minority in her party...
...But even if he were to cross the aisle, Democrats would need a fourth Republican vote — in addition to Mr Romney, Ms Collins and Ms Murkowski — to block Mr Trump’s nominee....
...Along with opposition to Ms Shelton’s nomination from some Republican senators, including Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah, the loss of the Arizona seat makes it highly unlikely Republicans...
...Four years ago, Mr McConnell refused to consider Merrick Garland, Barack Obama’s pick to replace the late Antonin Scalia....
...A RealClearPolitics average of polls shows Ms McSally trailing by 11.3 points, Mr Tillis by 3 points, and Ms Collins by 4.5 points. Mr Graham is leading the polling average by 8 points....
...This is why one swing senator, Republican Susan Collins, has already argued against a Senate vote before the election....
...Mr Trump addressed the stalemate on Capitol Hill on Wednesday after Mitch McConnell, the top Senate Republican, said the body could remain in session next week, as lawmakers and the White House delay summer...
...Under such a scenario, Republican majority leader Mitch McConnell would be able to block every proposal from a Biden administration....
...Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate majority leader, has declined to say Joe Biden has won the election....
...On the Republican side, Susan Collins, the Republican senator from Maine, and Mitt Romney, from Utah, voted against Ms Shelton’s nomination....
...Mitch McConnell, the Republican Senate majority leader, privately circulated a new stimulus plan on Tuesday, according to The Washington Post....
...Mitch McConnell also filed for cloture on Ms Shelton’s nomination, taking a first procedural step towards a final vote in the coming days....
...A vote before the election, as now looks likely, could signal that even he has given up hope of Mr Trump holding the White House, and of endangered senators such as Ms Collins winning their seats....
...The proposal, led by Mark Warner, the Virginia Democrat, and Susan Collins, the Maine Republican, reflects the growing anxiety in Washington over the state of the economy....
...Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, said on Thursday it was “heartening to see a few hopeful signs in the past few days” and that there was “movement in the right direction”....
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