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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after a Republican strategy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. Republicans criticized President Joe Biden for the high price of gasoline. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell chides Democrats for hailing Judge Jackson’s ‘empathy’ in criminal cases

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

A volunteer of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces assists a woman to cross the street in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 16, 2022. Both Russia and Ukraine projected optimism ahead of another scheduled round of talks Wednesday, even as Moscow's forces rained fire on Kyiv and other major cities in a bid to crush the resistance that has frustrated Kremlin hopes for a lightning victory. (AP Photo/Andrew Marienko)

McConnell says Biden is no Zelenskyy, prods U.S. president to ‘step up his game’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey gives his state of the state address at the Arizona Capitol, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Republican ‘unforced errors’ threaten path to Senate control

By Steve Peoples and Brian Slodysko - Associated Press

President Donald Trump, escorted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., arrives on Capitol Hill to have lunch with Senate Republicans and push for his tax reform agenda, in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Senate recruiting becomes proxy war in Trump-McConnell feud

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters after a Republican strategy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Feb. 15, 2022. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin's "yearning for empire" and a perception of American weakness led to the crisis in Ukraine and urged President Biden not to hold back in the next round of economic sanctions against Moscow. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

McConnell to Biden: Ratchet the sanctions against Russia all the way up

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined at right by Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters after a Republican strategy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. McConnell asserted that debate over a government funding bill will be worked out and there's "no danger of a shutdown." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell says gas tax holiday is a political stunt by vulnerable Democrats

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Standing with McConnell is Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Trump attacks Mitch McConnell after senator condemns ‘violent insurrection’

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Senate GOP sees path to majority, treads carefully for fear of stumble with suburban voters

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., arrives to speak to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

McConnell calls Jan. 6 a ‘violent insurrection,’ pushes back on RNC censure

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to a reporter at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

McConnell urges Biden to ignore radical left in picking new justice

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks at a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, July 30, 2021, in this file photo. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) **FILE**

Graham reluctant to back McConnell as GOP Senate leader without Trump connection

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan is shown at a March 18, 2021 news conference in Annapolis, Md., in this file photo. On Jan. 5, 2022, Mr. Hogan nominated Rosalyn Tang to be a judge on the Court of Special Appeals, Maryland's second-highest court. If confirmed, Ms. Tang would be the youngest woman and the first Asian American placed on the bench of the state's intermediate appeals court. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) **FILE**

Republicans step up efforts to woo Larry Hogan into bid for Senate in Maryland

By Steve Peoples - Associated Press

Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Thune is seeking reelection to a fourth term in 2022. He turned 61 on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, and is second-ranked in Senate Republican leadership. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) **FILE**

Senate Minority Whip John Thune to seek reelection

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returns to his office at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in this file photo. Mr. McConnell and 46 other Senate Republicans signed onto an amicus brief to the Supreme Court opposing the Biden OSHA vaccination mandate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

McConnell slams Democrats for exploiting Jan. 6 to push partisan voting bill, blowing up filibuster

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a centrist Democrat vital to the fate of President Joe Biden's $3.5 government overhaul, updates reporters about his position on the bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Liberals irked by Manchin call for new Senate apportioned by population

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returns to his office after a Republican luncheon as the Senate continues to grapple with end-of-year tasks and the future of President Joe Biden's social and environmental spending bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Trump blasts McConnell for caving on debt ceiling

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., waits to speak to reporters after a Republican policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. McConnell, who hails from Kentucky, praised volunteers helping victims of the weekend tornadoes in his state, adding he will travel &quot;at the end of the week&quot; back to Kentucky — an indication he would not be joining President Joe Biden's trip Wednesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell warns of institutional ‘Armageddon’ if Dems gut filibuster to pass their election bill

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a Democratic policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Democrats vote to hike the federal debt to $31.4 trillion, send measure to Biden

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, lights shine inside the U.S. Capitol Building as night falls in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) ** FILE **

Senate Democrats approve raising the federal debt limit to $31.4 trillion

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters after a Republican policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate GOP poised to back one-time filibuster exception for Democrats to hike debt limit

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times