Tag: Mitch McConnell

McConnell congratulates Biden and Harris.

"Here’s what I’m going to do if Congress cannot agree in the next couple of days."

The House voted 343-67 on a measure to prevent federal programs from running out of money on Friday at midnight (0500 GMT on Saturday) by extending current funding levels until ...

"We're still looking for a way forward."

"What does Leader McConnell have against our heroes?"

"Why don't we set aside the two obviously most contentious issues?"

"Why don't we concentrate on what we have to do the next two weeks?"

It "is astounding," Hoyer says.

"And I think it's fair to say that he was surprised at the direction that some of these were headed."

Lawmakers in the Republican-led Senate and Democratic-run House of Representatives need to enact a government spending measure by Friday.

"I agree that, as governor of New York, that we need help desperately and something is better than nothing."

"I'm sorry that in a few more weeks it will just be the rest of us left."

"The president will sign the McConnell proposal that he put forward yesterday."

We don’t have time for lengthy negotiations."

McConnell says he sees no reason that a 'major' package can't come together.

"The time to act is upon us like never before."

"We’re going to have an orderly transfer from this administration to the next one."

McConnell said he hoped lawmakers could reach a deal on overall government funding by week's end.

The consequences of a "premature American exit" would "likely be even worse than President Obama’s withdrawal from Iraq in 2011."

"They're engaged in an absurd circus right now refusing to accept reality."