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...Ben Rhodes, a close adviser to Obama and a national security official in his administration, wrote in The New York Times that Kissinger was a “hypocrite”....
...That announcement, from a member first elected in 1987, follows concerns about the health of older senators, including Republican Mitch McConnell, 81, and 90-year-old California senator Dianne Feinstein....
..., just as the Stock Act did....
...As the head of the Middle East subcommittee of the foreign relations committee, Senator Murphy’s in a critical position. And as you’ll hear, his big questions about the deal that’s being worked on....
...They even scheduled a White House “celebration” of his Inflation Reduction Act, a package of health and climate measures with a somewhat disingenuous title given that it will do little to tackle the current...
...But the vote was also a means to indicate senators’ individual positions on one of the most divisive issues ahead of midterm elections in November, when control of both houses of Congress will be up for...
...John Barrasso and Mitch McConnell applied pressure....
...You will hear private reassurances here in Washington from Republicans. No, no, it’s just rhetoric. Don’t worry, it’s gonna be fine. Mitch McConnell has said that publicly....
...of antitrust officials setting their sights on what they see as blatantly anti-competitive behaviour....
...“The Build Back Better Act combats inflation and invests in what we need for a strong, stable, globally competitive economy.”...
...capacity and reinforce the UK’s current status as a failing state....
...University of Chicago and a former senior Obama administration official....
...Mitch McConnell, the Senate minority leader, told companies to “stay out of politics”....
...Many Democratic supporters had hoped those days were over after the party won control of the upper chamber of Congress earlier this year and removed Republican Mitch McConnell — who became known as the “...
...The Cares Act had included means-tested payments of up to $1,200 per American adult, though the latest package will provide cheques of up to $600 per individual, $1,200 per married couple and $600 per dependent...
...A supplementary $600 a week in jobless benefits was introduced in March as part of the $2tn Cares Act. That extra assistance ran out last week....
...The Restaurants Act passed the House of Representatives last month as part of the Heroes Act, and has support from 50 senators, including several Republicans....
...As Mitch McConnell reminded Democrats again and again during his five years as Senate majority leader: holding a congressional majority is the only currency that really matters in Washington....
...As president-elect, Mr Biden would need to rely on his long experience and bipartisan relationships in the Senate to find a way to manage the Republican majority leader Mitch McConnell’s instinct for obstruction...
...The president’s behaviour has enjoyed both tacit and explicit approval from much of his own party, including Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, though there have been some exceptions....
...Just a few Republican senators, such as Mitt Romney and Susan Collins who joined six others in urging their congressional leader Mitch McConnell to support clean energy funding earlier this year, could make...
...An extra $600 a week in jobless benefits was introduced in March as part of the $2tn Cares Act, but the enhanced assistance ran out last week....
...Coronavirus digest Republican Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell declared that compromise was “within reach” on a bipartisan Covid-19 relief package....
...“The co-operative spirit we had in March and April has dissipated as we move closer and closer to the election,” Mitch McConnell, Senate majority leader, told reporters last week....
...Tim Scott from South Carolina, the sole black GOP senator, was joined by Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday as he presented the “Just and Unifying Solutions to Invigorate Communities Everywhere...
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