In a 10-minute speech, McConnell congratulated President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris.
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Senate unanimously passes bill pushing shutdown deadline by one week
The bill now heads to President Donald Trump for his signature.
House passes bill featured in ‘Tiger King’ series that would ban big cat ownership
The Big Cat Public Safety Act would allow existing facilities to keep their big cats but prohibit most contact between the public and the animals.
Lawmakers introduce bipartisan COVID-19 relief proposal with uncertain future in Congress
The coronavirus relief proposal is the latest effort to break the logjam in negotiations. Congress has not passed a comprehensive package since March.
How will Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation battle affect Senate races?
Republicans’ control of the Senate, where they hold a 53-47 majority, could soon be a memory if Democrats win just four seats on Election Day.
Senate Judiciary Committee authorizes subpoenas for Twitter’s Jack Dorsey and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg over Hunter Biden stories
Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham said he hoped it would give the panel “leverage” to secure testimony from the CEOs.
Trump says he won’t do next presidential debate after it goes virtual due to COVID-19
The Biden campaign said Thursday it still planned to take part in the debate.
Pelosi urges Democrats to win more House seats in the event of Electoral College dispute in presidential election
The House last voted to determine the president in the 1824 election. Nancy Pelosi is asking Democrats to prepare for that possibility again.
Republicans have said they want to confirm Amy Coney Barrett before Election Day. Here’s how long other confirmations took
Now that Trump has nominated Amy Coney Barret to the Supreme Court, the issue becomes whether the GOP-led Senate can confirm her before Election Day.
Trump administration has not paid USPS for COVID-19 postcards featuring Trump’s name
The bill for the postcards sent to 138 million residential addresses has still not been paid, a USPS spokesperson said.