Senators File Amicus Brief in Supreme Court Case Challenging Obama Administration’s Immigration Executive Actions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) led a group of 43 Senate Republicans today in filing an amicus brief in the United States Supreme Court in support of a challenge by a majority of the nation’s governors and attorneys general of the states, led by the State of Texas, to the […]
McConnell Statement on President Obama’s Political Gun Control Announcement
Fort Knox, Ky. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement on President Obama’s gun control remarks and his recent call to ‘politicize’ the issue: “In the wake of the President’s vow to ‘politicize’ shootings, it’s hard to see today’s announcement as being about more than politics. The President has overseen a […]
McConnell Offers Bill Restricting President’s Recent Immigration Overreach
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following remarks on the Senate floor in which he announced he was beginning proceedings to consider legislation addressing the President’s recent immigration overreach: “Democrats voted today to continue blocking funding for the Department of Homeland Security, to protect actions President Obama referred to himself […]
McConnell Statement on Federal Court Ruling Blocking President’s Immigration Executive Overreach
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement today after a federal district court issued a preliminary injunction against President Obama’s immigration executive overreach: “This ruling underscores what the President has already acknowledged publicly 22 times: He doesn’t have the authority to take the kinds of actions he once referred […]