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Search results for "When the truth comes out about the McConnell cover-up, people need to be expelled from Congress"

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Mitch McConnell stated on May 12, 2009 in a speech on the Senate floor:
On a bipartisan task force on ways to improve fiscal policy.
By Louis Jacobson• February 2, 2010
Joe Biden stated on March 25, 2021 in press conference:
“We’re sending back the vast majority of the families that are coming.”
By Miriam Valverde• March 25, 2021
Harry Reid stated on April 19, 2010 in a Senate floor speech:
The financial services regulatory bill "will end taxpayer bailouts."
By Angie Drobnic Holan, Louis Jacobson• April 21, 2010
Alison Lundergan Grimes stated on August 15, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says of Mitch McConnell, "What can happen in 30 years? A senator can become a multi-millionaire in public office."
By Lauren Carroll• August 25, 2014
Matt Bevin stated on February 19, 2014 in a television ad:
"Mitch McConnell voted with Harry Reid to infringe on our gun rights."
By Steve Contorno• February 24, 2014
Cal Cunningham stated on April 24, 2020 in a tweet:
"Mitch McConnell said he wanted states to go bankrupt instead of the federal government providing relief. Today, Thom Tillis agreed."
By Paul Specht• May 12, 2020
Veronica Escobar stated on March 14, 2021 in a CNN interview:
"We saw the increases (of unaccompanied minors at the southern U.S. border) dating back almost a year."
By Miriam Valverde• March 17, 2021
Mitch McConnell stated on July 09, 2014 in a YouTube video:
Says Alison Lundergan Grimes "supports Obamacare, which cuts $700 billion from seniors’ Medicare."
By Lauren Carroll• July 10, 2014
Alejandro Mayorkas stated on March 03, 2024 in a CNN interview:
“Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• March 8, 2024
Mitch McConnell stated on March 15, 2015 in an interview on CNN's "State of the Union":
Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."
By Louis Jacobson• March 16, 2015
Instagram posts stated on May 17, 2023 in a post:
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called for the immediate “expulsion and prosecution of Rep. Adam Schiff for committing crimes of treason against the United States.”
By Madison Czopek• May 30, 2023
Kentucky Opportunity Coalition stated on April 01, 2014 in a campaign ad:
Says the estate tax is a threat to family farms.
By Steve Contorno• April 3, 2014
Democratic Party of Wisconsin stated on May 02, 2022 in News release:
Republican politicians are pushing a plan "that could raise taxes on almost one in three Wisconsinites and sunset Social Security and Medicare in five years."
By D.L. Davis• June 15, 2022
Barack Obama stated on October 30, 2010 in his weekly address:
"The Republican leader of the Senate said his main goal after this election is simply to win the next one."
By Robert Farley• October 30, 2010
Josh Mandel stated on September 28, 2011 in a news release:
Says U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown "promised that the first stimulus bill would fund the Brent Spence Bridge."
By Stephen Koff• September 30, 2011
Mitch McConnell stated on January 07, 2015 in a Senate floor speech:
A recent economic uptick appears to "coincide" with "the expectation of a new Republican Congress."
By Louis Jacobson• January 8, 2015
Richard Lugar stated on November 16, 2010 in a prepared statement:
"Eliminating earmarks does not reduce spending."
By Louis Jacobson• November 18, 2010
Mitch McConnell stated on October 13, 2014 in a debate:
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour "will destroy between half a million and one million jobs."
By Steve Contorno• October 14, 2014
Don Blankenship stated on May 01, 2018 in a debate:
"Mitch McConnell was one of the few senators that voted after Tiananmen Square not to have punitive actions against China for human rights violations."
By Louis Jacobson• May 3, 2018
Barbara Gaskins stated on May 24, 2022 in a tweet:
“The N.C. GOP came out in support of Sen. [Rick] Scott's extremist policy to ‘Rescue America.’”
By Paul Specht• June 7, 2022

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