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That belied McConnell's personal opposition at times to Trump - particularly the then-president's conduct ahead of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
U.S. Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell announced he will step down as the Senate’s Republican leader on Wednesday. McConnell, 82, said he plans to serve out his Senate term to January 2027 ...
Mr McConnell's two-year term ends in January 2025. He defeated Democratic challenger Amy McGrath in 2020, and won another six-year term. It is unclear if he will seek re-election once his term ...
The number of federal judicial vacancies at the end of Obama's term was more than twice the number at the end of George W. Bush's term. [117] [118] In a 2019 interview, McConnell credited himself for the large number of judicial vacancies created in the last two years of Obama's presidency. [90]
Facing questions about his health, Mitch McConnell dismissed questions about retirement, vowing to serve out his Senate term, which ends in January 2027.
But McConnell's most consequential legacy dates back to his extraordinary decision in 2016 to refuse to let then-President Barack Obama fill a vacant Supreme Court seat.
It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo. Why? To end any confusion created by the court's injunction. The president's EOs on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented." [91] [92] President Trump signs the Laken Riley Act, making it the first new law enacted in his second administration. [93]
McConnell’s path to power was hardly linear, but from the day he walked onto the Senate floor in 1985 and took his seat as the most junior Republican senator, he set his sights on being the ...