It would recognize the dangers of a precipitous withdrawal from either conflict and highlight the need for diplomatic engagement and political solutions to the underlying conflicts in Syria and Afghanistan. Mitch McConnell More Quotes by Mitch McConnell More Quotes From Mitch McConnell At least Democrats are saying the right things. Mitch McConnell latest-headlines So what I've said about the presidential race -- and this is as far as I'm going to go so I'll save your time peppering me with questions about the presidential race -- we'd like to have a nominee who can carry purple states. Mitch McConnell politics So I'm confident we'll have good candidates. Mitch McConnell politics Those states are going to decide who the president is and those are also going to decide whether we're in the majority or the other guys are. Mitch McConnell politics It hasn't happened in a very long time and I think it's highly unlikely to happen, so, it's an interesting thing to discuss but highly unlikely. I don't have any worries about it. Mitch McConnell politics The president is making promises he can’t keep, writing checks he can’t cash, and stepping over the middle class to take credit for an ‘agreement’ that is subject to being shredded in 13 months. Mitch McConnell politics I think the President would be making a big mistake to try to have that voted on during the election. There's significant pushback all over the place. Mitch McConnell politics The bare minimum number is ... closer to 10,000, that's what you really need, to continue to flirt with the idea that it's not going to continue only encourages the other side and emboldens the other side. Mitch McConnell politics Every place we visited, American prestige is certainly at a low ebb, and there's a great deal of concern about the Russians raising their profile. Mitch McConnell politics They pursued a deliberate strategy to force our country into another of their unnecessary crisis. This leaves the funding legislation before us as the only viable way forward in the short term, it does not represent my first, second, third or 23rd choice when it comes to funding the government. Mitch McConnell top-news It looks to me like they’re pretty dug in, they will have to vote on it at least one (more) time. Mitch McConnell politics The American people will give us their judgment about the appropriateness of this measure a year from November. Mitch McConnell politics We'll revisit the issue next week and see if maybe any folks want to change their minds. Mitch McConnell top-news They told us this was an issue too important for political games, but that was last week, apparently. Mitch McConnell top-news As I understand the law ... we have to act before Sept, 17, which is next week, or the deal does forward. Mitch McConnell top-news I would remind all of your viewers: The way you make a law in this country, the Congress has to pass it and the President has to sign it. Mitch McConnell politics Our Democratic friends want to spend more on everything. We'd like to spend more on defense. And so there will be a sort of grand negotiation here in the fall between the two sides over just how big the discretionary budget of the United States government ought to be and how it ought to be spent. Mitch McConnell politics The way you make a law in this country (is) the Congress has to pass it, and the president has to sign it, the president's made it very clear he's not going to sign any bill that includes defunding of Planned Parenthood -- so that's another issue that awaits a new president hopefully with a different point of view. Mitch McConnell latest-headlines Perhaps the most-challenging issue now relates to amendments, supporters of the Ex-Im Bank are demanding a vote to reauthorize it. They’ve made clear they’re ready to stop all other amendments if denied that opportunity. They’ve already proven they have the votes to back up that threat, too. Mitch McConnell politics It's always the administration, not Congress, that carries the burden of proof in a debate of this nature, and it seems the administration today has a long way to go with Democrats and Republicans alike. Mitch McConnell politics
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