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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, center, listens as the committee's ranking member, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif. requests a one week postponement for the panel to vote on Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, as she displays a list of appointments made during presidential election years, Monday, March 27, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell confident Dems won’t keep Gorsuch off high court

By KEVIN FREKING - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks at the 2017 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) Policy Conference, Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Mitch McConnell: Independent commission on Russian meddling ‘not necessary’

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. answers reporters questions during a newsmaker interview at the Associated Press bureau in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

AP Interview: McConnell rejects Trump’s foreign aid cuts

By ERICA WERNER - Associated Press

Senate confirms Kentucky judge for sentencing commission

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined at left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., speaks with reporters after meeting with Vice President Mike Pence as Republicans roll out their Obamacare replacement plan, Tuesday, March 7, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Come on now, Mitch, time to get with the president on paying for border wall

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Protesters again greet McConnell appearance at home

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

A man protests the policies of the Trump administration during a speech by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky., to a gathering of the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017, in Covington, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Mitch McConnell interrupted as Trump protests continue

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky., speaks to a gathering of the Jeffersontown Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Capitol Hill Buzz: Mitch McConnell defends obstructionism

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky., speaks at the Jeffersontown County Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017, in Jeffersontown, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

McConnell gets tough questions about undoing health care law

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

The Latest: Mitch McConnell fields protesters’ questions

Associated Press

A group numbering in the hundreds gather outside the American Legion Post 34 to protest the appearance of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell R-Ky., and the policies of the Trump administration Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017, in Lawrenceburg, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

US Senate leader: Winners make policy, losers go home

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, was rebuked on the Senate floor last week. (Associated Press)

Elizabeth Warren’s clash with Mitch McConnell boosts profile among Democrats

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. listens during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017, after the Senate confirmed Betsy DeVos as education secretary. DeVos was approved by the narrowest of margins, with Vice President Mike Pence breaking a 50-50 tie in a historic vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Protesters read Coretta Scott King’s letter opposing Sessions outside Mitch McConnell’s home: Report

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. reacts to being rebuked by the Senate leadership and accused of impugning a fellow senator, Attorney General-designate, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017, on Capitol Hill in Washington Warren was barred from saying anything more on the Senate floor about Sessions after she quoted from an old letter from Martin Luther King Jr.'s widow about Sessions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Dems rally behind Elizabeth Warren after GOP voted to cut her mic

By David Sherfinski and Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE – In this Nov. 19, 2016 file photo, President-elect Donald Trump, left, and Betsy DeVos, right, pose for photographs at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster's clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J. Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich wrote a Jan. 24, 2017, letter urging confirmation of DeVos, Trump's education secretary nominee, without mentioning the significant unpaid fine owed to Ohio by a now-defunct political action committee she controlled. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Betsy DeVos wins confirmation as education secretary

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2017 file photo, President Donald Trump speaks in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington. Republicans insisted Monday, Feb. 6, 2107, that they’re moving ahead on their effort to void the health care law, even as President Donald Trump’s latest remarks conceded that the effort could well stretch into next year. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump facing most obstruction since George Washington: GOP

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2016 file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. When President Donald Trump nominates a Supreme Court justice, Senate Democrats and Republicans will come under immense pressure. Liberals will insist that Democrats block the choice. Some conservatives will demand that McConnell blow up long-standing rules to get the new president's choice on the high court. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

Mitch McConnell chides Trump on ‘so-called judge’ comment, Putin, illegal voting

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and others listen as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 8, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

GOP leaders eye health care, tax overhaul by August recess

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump, left, speaks during a reception for House and Senate leaders in the the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 23, 2017. He is surrounded by, from left, House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and Vice President Mike Pence. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Donald Trump to confer with senators on Supreme Court pick

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President Trump and CIA Director-designate Mike Pompeo visited the CIA on Saturday. Mr. Pompeo was still awaiting confirmation by the Senate. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks delayed by Democrats, only two confirmed

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times