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Published
May 6, 2023

Senate Republicans pen letter saying no to clean debt limit increase

Republican senators who didn’t sign the letter included a cluster of moderates – Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, and Mitt Romney of Utah.
Published
March 13, 2023

Mitch McConnell released from hospital after suffering concussion in fall

The 81-year-old senator has been hospitalized and receiving treatment for a concussion since late in the evening of March 8.
Published
May 29, 2022

Jim Fossel: Ukraine aid is in our national interest

But conservatives who call themselves nationalists are mistakenly opposing it.
Published
April 12, 2022

Commentary: Republicans need to tell voters what their plans are

Mitch McConnell wants his party’s midterm candidates to avoid discussing specific policies – but his spat with Sen. Rick Scott shows that can backfire.
Published
February 15, 2022

Commentary: Trump versus McConnell isn’t the real story

Sure, the minority leader would like to diminish the former president’s influence. But he cares much more about winning elections.

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Published
February 10, 2022

Republican rift exposes choice: With Trump or against him

While Donald Trump's allies believe there should be no limits in their loyalty to the former president, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other establishment leaders believe there is a line Republicans should not cross.
Published
February 8, 2022

Sen. McConnell rebukes Republican National Committee, calls Jan. 6 ‘violent insurrection’

Maine Sen. Susan Collins said that the rioters who 'broke windows and breached the Capitol were not engaged in legitimate political discourse, and to say otherwise is absurd.'
Published
August 15, 2021

Jim Fossel: Bipartisan infrastructure bill good for democracy

You don't need to be a fan of big spending to be happy with the $1 trillion legislation that the U.S. Senate just passed.
Published
May 20, 2021

Our View: Collins should support independent Jan. 6 commission

The Maine Republican senator’s minor objections should not outweigh the danger of doing nothing in response to the insurrection.
Published
February 16, 2021

Trump hurls insults at McConnell, calls him an ‘unsmiling political hack’

Moments after the Senate voted to acquit Trump on Saturday, top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell gave a floor speech in which he blamed Trump for spreading 'wild falsehoods' about a stolen election, creating a 'manufactured atmosphere of looming catastrophe' that inspired the mob.