McConnell sides with Biden on bundling Ukraine, Israel aid: ‘I view it as all interconnected’
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in an interview to air on Sunday that he sides with President Biden on the matter of bundling Ukraine and Israel aid together — while noting their opposing views on domestic issues. CBS’s Margaret Brennan asked McConnell on “Face the Nation” whether it was possible to pass additional…
GOP senators alarmed by chaos over House spending bills
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4212880-gop-senators-alarmed-chaos-house-spending-bills/
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Republican senators are growing increasingly alarmed at Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) inability to pass spending legislation over the staunch opposition of a small group of conservative rebels, and fear a government shutdown may be days away. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.), who’s had to deal with the political fallout of government shutdowns in 1995-96,…
Tuberville refuses to budge on military promotions despite growing GOP pressure
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Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) is refusing to back down from his decision to hold up more than 300 non-political military promotions, despite growing pressure from Senate Republican colleagues and leaders. Fellow Republican senators have criticized Tuberville’s strategy as a “mistake,” and urged him to narrow his holds to Biden nominees who make policy decision…
GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4098609-gop-senators-rattled-by-radical-conservative-populism/
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Republican senators say they’re worried that conservative populism, though always a part of the GOP, is beginning to take over the party, becoming more radical and threatening to cause them significant political problems heading into the 2024 election. GOP senators are saying they’re being increasingly confronted by constituents who buy into discredited conspiracy theories…
Biden mocks Tuberville for touting broadband funding he voted against
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President Biden gently mocked Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) for touting $1.4 billion in federal funding his home state is set to receive for expanded broadband internet access despite voting against it in 2021. “See you at the groundbreaking,” Biden wrote along with a retweet of Tuberville’s tweet hailing broadband as “vital for the success…
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