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Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Sen. McConnell, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other congressional leaders met earlier with President Joe Biden at the White House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Stopgap funding may be needed to avoid shutdown as Democrats scramble to negotiate budget

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Craig Sicknick, left, brother of slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, is greeted by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., and Gladys Sicnick, right, the mother of slain U.S. Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, during a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony honoring law enforcement officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. The members of the Sicknick family declined to shake hands with McConnell and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Family of fallen Capitol Police officer snubs Republicans during Congressional Gold Medal ceremony

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at right by Sharon Soderstrom, his chief of staff, returns from a meeting of congressional leaders with President Joe Biden at the White House, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell joins Dems in bashing push to include Manchin energy deal in defense policy bill

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Sen. McConnell, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and other congressional leaders met earlier with President Joe Biden at the White House. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell skewers new House Democratic leader Jeffries as ‘election denier’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters following a closed-door policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

GOP senators urge McConnell to resist long-term funding deal ahead of mid-December deadline

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., gestures after being reelected as Republican leader, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., in the Senate Republican leadership elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

McConnell at 80 defies exodus of Capitol’s oldest leaders while discontent simmers in GOP base

By Susan Ferrechio and Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., gestures after being reelected as Republican leader, quashing a challenge from Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., in the Senate Republican leadership elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

McConnell thwarts Scott’s long-shot challenge for Senate GOP leadership

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives as Senate Republicans gather in the historic Old Senate Chamber for debate as they choose their leadership, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., an ally of former President Donald Trump, is challenging longtime GOP leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell reelected Senate GOP leader; Scott’s bid rejected

By Lisa Mascaro, Brian Slodysko and Mary Clare Jalonick - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., attends a Senate Rules and Administration Committee meeting on the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. The bill is a response to the Jan. 6 insurrection and former President Donald Trump's efforts to find a way around the Electoral Count Act, the 19th-century law that, along with the Constitution, governs how states and Congress certify electors and declare presidential election winners. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Are Mitch McConnell’s days numbered?

By Kelly Sadler - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump gives a thumbs up as he walks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, second from left, Vice President Mike Pence, and Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., right, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate Republicans pin blame on Trump and McConnell for red wave fizzle

By Susan Ferrechio and Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at Mar-a-lago on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump blames McConnell for losing Senate, makes jab at his wife

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., arrives to speak before former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in support of the campaign of Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., at the Miami-Dade County Fair and Exposition on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Sen. Rick Scott mum on whether he will pursue GOP leader position

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks to reporters as the Senate works to pass a stopgap spending bill that would fund the federal government into mid-December, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump says he regrets McConnell endorsement, wants Senate to ‘impeach’ leader

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao respond to a reporter's question during a press conference in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. McConnell secured a seventh term in Kentucky, fending off Democrat Amy McGrath. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Sen. Rick Scott on Trump attack against McConnell’s wife: ‘It’s never, ever OK to be a racist’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., attends a Senate Rules and Administration Committee meeting on the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. The bill is a response to the Jan. 6 insurrection and former President Donald Trump's efforts to find a way around the Electoral Count Act, the 19th-century law that, along with the Constitution, governs how states and Congress certify electors and declare presidential election winners. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell gives blessing to bipartisan push to prevent Jan. 6 repeat

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks to reporters as the Senate works to pass a stopgap spending bill that would fund the federal government into mid-December, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell suggests better odds of Republicans taking Senate

By Farnoush Amiri - Associated Press

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks, accompanied by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., left, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., right, during a media availability after their policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)

McConnell unleashes on Biden for saying he’s going to get inflation ‘under control’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., meets with Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 29, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) **FILE**

McConnell says Trump-backed Senate hopefuls have a ‘good chance of winning’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. addresses the audience at the Kentucky Farm Bureau Ham Breakfast at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley) **FILE**

McConnell hosts Oz, Walker fundraiser after criticizing ‘quality’ of 2022 Senate candidates

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao respond to a reporter's question during a press conference in Louisville, Ky., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020. McConnell secured a seventh term in Kentucky, fending off Democrat Amy McGrath. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Trump slams McConnell, wife Elaine Chao after candidate ‘quality’ comments

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times