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Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 24, 2021 a Senate floor speech
In the American Rescue Plan, “just about 1% of the money is for vaccines.”
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By Jon Greenberg • February 26, 2021
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 9, 2017 an op-ed on FoxNews.com
"About 8 out of 10 favor changing Obamacare significantly or replacing it altogether."
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By Louis Jacobson • January 10, 2017
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 31, 2016 an interview on MSNBC's "Morning Joe"
Says Obama "called Kagan a moderate. He called Sotomayor a moderate."
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By Allison Graves • June 7, 2016
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on March 15, 2015 an interview on CNN's "State of the Union"
Says Secretary of State John Kerry, "when he was a senator, flew to Managua and met with a communist dictator there, Daniel Ortega, and accused the Reagan administration of engaging in terrorism."
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By Louis Jacobson • March 16, 2015
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on October 13, 2014 a debate
Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour "will destroy between half a million and one million jobs."
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By Steve Contorno • October 14, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 26, 2014 an interview with "Fox News Sunday"
"The minimum wage is mostly an entry-level wage for young people."
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By Steve Contorno • January 26, 2014
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on May 19, 2013 an interview on "Meet the Press"
Says Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told insurance companies "they couldn't inform their policyholders of what they thought the impact of Obamacare would be on them."
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By Molly Moorhead • May 28, 2013
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on February 17, 2010 a press release
"$100,000 in stimulus funds (were) used for a Martini Bar and Brazilian Steakhouse."
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By Robert Farley • February 19, 2010
Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
stated on January 4, 2009 in a news interview
If Obama's economic plan creates 600,000 new government jobs, "that's about the size of the post office work force."
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By Angie Drobnic Holan • January 5, 2009