mitch mcconnell government shutdown news - Search News

McConnell, government

McConnell: Government shutdown before election ‘politically beyond stupid’

A vote on a stopgap funding bill that would prevent a government shutdown is expected to fail in Congress, a consequence that does not sit well with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. NBC News’ Julie Tsirkin explains why House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing criticism from his own party over his resolutions.

HuffPost on MSN · 1d

McConnell Warns It'd Be 'Politically Beyond Stupid' To Shut Down Government Before Election

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday said it is in the best interest of his party to avoid a government shutdown, adding that it would be “politically beyond stupid” for the GOP to go down this route ahead of the presidential election.

BizPac Review · 1d

McConnell breaks with Trump, says its ‘beyond stupid’ to shutdown govt. over voter integrity

"It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election because certainly, we’d get the blame.”

US House Ties Government Funding to Voting Bill

Forbes on MSN · 41m

Government Shutdown Looming Next Month: Here's What That Means

It ran from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019, during the Trump administration. At 34 days, it was the longest government shutdown in history by a significant margin, as most shutdowns in recent decades have lasted two weeks or less.

USA Today on MSN · 20h

Will Congress dodge a government shutdown? Funding push fails in the House over controversial voting bill

"We cannot have a government shutdown," Mitch McConnell, said. "It would be politically beyond stupid for us to do that right before the election."

Arizona Mirror · 2h

Government shutdown deadline nearing as U.S. House stumbles on stopgap spending bill

Congress has 12 days left to approve a short-term government funding bill before the shutdown deadline, though leaders in the Republican House and Democratic Senate haven’t felt the need to start nego

Government shutdown looms before Congress

House Republicans tanked their own bill to avoid a government shutdown leaving Congress just days to find ... because ...

10d

Here are Mitch McConnell’s three biggest challenges this fall in Congress

The 82-year-old McConnell will guide his caucus for the final stretch of his career in the midst of a blistering presidential ...

8d

McConnell takes issue with Trump on shutdown: ‘Always a bad idea’

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took issue with former President Trump’s call to shut down the federal ...

1d

Top Senate Republican McConnell blasts US judiciary for new ethics policies

Top U.S. Senate Republican Mitch McConnell on Tuesday criticized the judiciary for proposing stricter financial disclosure ...

1d

Mitch McConnell blasts Judicial Conference for moving to impeach a former judge

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is criticizing the Judicial Conference for referring a former federal judge to the ...

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results