Senators Leaders on Police Week
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) spoke on the Senate floor about Nati…
Senators McConnell (R-KY), Reid (D-NV), and Durbin (D-IL) spoke about Zika virus funding and opioid abuse legislation. Majority Leader Mitch… read more
Senators McConnell (R-KY), Reid (D-NV), and Durbin (D-IL) spoke about Zika virus funding and opioid abuse legislation. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell praised the work on the opioid abuse legislation and said he looked forward to passage. He also asked the Democrats to support Zika virus prevention legislation, saying they were responding to the president’s request to fund prevention efforts. Minority Leader Harry Reid criticized Republicans for filling up the Zika legislation with Planned Parenthood provisions, and for shifting of some Ebola virus prevention funding. Senator Durbin blamed House Repulbicans for blocking a bi-partisan Senate compromise that passed with 89 votes.
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) spoke on the Senate floor about Nati…
A discussion by the Senate majority and minority leaders on fiscal year 2017 federal spending turned into a debate on fu…
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) commented on the ongoing work regarding gov…
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talked about the budget bill before the Senate, saying that it generally had what…