By Henry Fernandez Published April 17, 2018 Tax Reform FOXBusiness Facebook Twitter Comments Print video McConnell talks tax cuts, Muller probe and budget clawbacks Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell joins Neil Cavuto for a wide-ranging, exclusive interview. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said the majority of Americans will enjoy relief from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. Continue Reading Below “80% to 90% of the American people get tax relief out of this bill,” McConnell said during an interview with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto on Tuesday. “Not a single Democrat voted for it.” Democrats are knocking the GOP tax reform bill, calling it a scam for not closing loopholes for corporations and the wealthy. “And why is it a scam? Look at this. They put forth a tax bill that gives 83% of the benefits to the top 1%,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., told a New Jersey … [Read more...] about Trump tax cut provides relief for 80% to 90% of Americans: Sen. Mitch McConnell
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Senate Republican Mitch McConnell quashes bill to protect special counsel
WASHINGTON – The Senate’s top Republican appeared Tuesday to quash new momentum behind a bill giving special counsels such as Robert Mueller legal recourse if they are fired, telling Fox News that he would refuse to put it to a floor vote. “I’m the one who decides what we take to the floor. That is my responsibility as the majority leader. And we’ll not be having this on the floor of the Senate,” Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said Tuesday. His statement comes barely a week after Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, said the panel would take up and vote on the measure during a business meeting April 26. For months, Grassley had refused to weigh in on legislation to protect a special counsel from being fired without cause. The bipartisan pairs of senators behind two similar bills struck a compromise last week, with a measure that would give an ousted special counsel 10 days to appeal a dismissal to a panel of three federal … [Read more...] about Senate Republican Mitch McConnell quashes bill to protect special counsel
Mitch McConnell won’t allow vote to bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he won't be holding a vote on legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump, essentially killing the bipartisan bill.McConnell told Fox News that the measure's "not necessary" despite a push by some Republican and Democratic senators to bring it forward. "We'll not be having this on the floor of the Senate," he said.He said there's "no indication" Trump will fire Mueller — and even if Congress was able to pass the legislation, he doubts the president will sign it.McConnell said, "I don't think he should fire Mueller, and I don't think he's going to, so this is a piece of legislation that's not necessary, in my judgment."Last week, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said a bill aimed at protecting Mueller would be on the panel's agenda this week. … [Read more...] about Mitch McConnell won’t allow vote to bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller
Hemp Farming Act of 2018 introduced by Sen. Mitch McConnell
Hemp could be made whole again — and explicitly legal — under a new bill introduced Thursday by the leader of the U.S. Senate. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s Hemp Farming Act of 2018 aims to establish hemp as an agricultural commodity, protect state regimes, add crop insurance, and bolster research. And right off the bat, the bill quashes questions about whether those hemp-derived CBD-rich extracts are indeed legal: “The term ‘hemp’ means the plant Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant, including the seeds thereof and all derivatives, extracts, cannabinoids, isomers, acids, salts and salts of isomers, whether growing or not, with a delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol concentration of not more than 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis.” The bill, if successful, would end the debate that has picked apart the hemp plant in piecemeal and end interpretations that hemp-derived extracts rich in cannabinol and other cannabinoids are illicit … [Read more...] about Hemp Farming Act of 2018 introduced by Sen. Mitch McConnell
Why Mitch McConnell is bragging about holding up Merrick Garland from the Supreme Court, two years later
Democracy Dies in Darkness Sections Home Subscribe Try 1 month for $1 Username Sign In Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Subscribe Account Profile Newsletters & Alerts Gift Subscriptions Contact Us Help Desk Accessibility for screenreader The Fix Analysis Analysis Interpretation of the news based on evidence, including data, as well as anticipating how events might unfold based on past events by Amber Phillips by Amber Phillips Email the author April 5 at 1:26 PM Email the author Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Capitol Hill. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) made the riskiest decision of his political career in 2016: to block a vote on President Barack Obama’s nominee for the Supreme Court. McConnell’s decision not to allow a vote on Obama’s nominee, Merrick Garland, to … [Read more...] about Why Mitch McConnell is bragging about holding up Merrick Garland from the Supreme Court, two years later