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Let’s Start Now on Debt Solution, Avoid an 11th Hour Deal

January 28, 2013

'We need to give this issue everything we’ve got, and we need to start now. We need to devote the same kind of energy to this issue that we’ve devoted to other great national threats in the past. That means serious bipartisan negotiation, careful committee consideration, and, yes, tough decisions and the kinds of votes that reflect them. This work will take time, and that’s why I’ve been urging Senate Democrats to set the legislative gears into motion right away.’

Court Rules President Obama’s NLRB ‘Recess’ Appointments Are Unconstitutional

Forty-two Senators Had Filed an Amicus Brief Challenging the President’s Action

January 25, 2013

‘For the same reasons, this decision now casts serious doubt on whether the President’s “recess” appointment of Richard Cordray to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which the President announced at the same time, is constitutional,” McConnell said.

McConnell Statement on Senate Rules

January 24, 2013

‘Members on both sides of the aisle should be able to represent their constituents both in committees and on the floor through vigorous debate and a robust amendment process. It’s my hope that as we turn to the challenges we face as a nation, the Senate can return to the way it used to operate and that all of us will be able to participate more fully in the legislative process.’
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