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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told a Shelby County group Wednesday that he plans to spend the time he has left in office fighting against the "isolationist" policies the Republican party has drifted toward in recent years.
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A Kentucky House committee advanced a bill Thursday to fully strip the Democratic governor’s power to fill a vacancy in the state’s U.S. Senate seat — one day after Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell announced he will step down from his leadership role this year.
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“He is one of the most consequential Kentuckians in the history of the Commonwealth, right up there with people like Henry Clay,” said Senate Majority Floor Leader Damon Thayer of Georgetown. “And we will never be represented by someone as powerful as Mitch Mitch McConnell in the United States Senate.”
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Mitch McConnell, the longest-serving Senate leader in history who maintained his power in the face of dramatic convulsions in the Republican Party for almost two decades, will step down from that position in November.
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McConnell's office released a letter on Tuesday from Dr. Brian Monahan recommending no changes to McConnell's treatment plan following a concussion he suffered earlier this year.
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It’s the second time the 81-year-old Republican publicly suffered from an apparent medical episode in a little over a month.
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The median age of U.S. senators is 65 years old, a record high, and several health concerns within the Senate have brought questions over term limits, vacancies and party balance to the forefront. That growing awareness of an aging Congress has led some Kentuckians to consider what happens if a vacancy opens for the state's Senate seats.
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The 81-year-old was discharged from the hospital Monday after receiving treatment for a concussion and a minor rib fracture sustained when he fell following a private event.
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U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky is reserving comment on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer’s planned retirement from the bench.NPR and other media…
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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell praised first responders and political leaders for their effort after last month’s devastating tornadoes.During a…