“I'm sorry that in a few more weeks it will just be the rest of us left, but you're leaving this body and those of us in it and the nation it exists to serve stronger and better before you were here,” McConnell emotionally said from the Senate floor.
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Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell gave a heartfelt farewell from the Senate floor on Wednesday, choking up during an emotional tribute to a “friend of 18 years,” outgoing Republican Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander.
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis won a tough reelection battle against Democrat Cal Cunningham in North Carolina’s Senate race, increasing the GOP lead to keep the majority in the quest for balance of power.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) defended President Trump’s legal challenges in several key battleground states, saying he is “within his rights to look into allegations of irregularities and weigh his legal options” while refusing to acknowledge Joe Biden as the president-elect.
The Senate voted 52-48 to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court Monday evening, solidifying a conservative 6-3 majority on the nation’s highest court.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced Tuesday that the Senate will vote next Monday to confirm President Trump’s nominee Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
