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Senator Mitch McConnell - Press Releases
mcconnell.senate.gov - 7/17/2009
Senator Mitch McConnell - Press Releases
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McCONNELL TO OPPOSE SOTOMAYOR NOMINATION from the Office of Senator Mitch McConnell Friday, July 17, 2009 - Senate Republican Leader will deliver remarks on the Senate floor Monday outlining his opposition to Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court - ‘If, however, Judge Sotomayor were to ...
Mitch McConnell Makes the Dems Look Good
blogs.tnr.com - 7/20/2009
Mitch McConnell Makes the Dems Look Good
— blogs.tnr.com — Ah, there's nothing like a Mitch McConnell interview to put everything into perspective. The Senate Minority Leader... appeared on "Meet the Press" Sunday to discuss health reform. And he professed great concern for what President Obama and ... (more) Mitch McConnell Makes the Dems Look Good

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Americans For Mitch
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McConnell: Americans Don't Go Without Health Care Because Doctors and Hospitals Are Sworn to Provide It
videocafe.crooksandliars.com - 7/20/2009
McConnell: Americans Don't Go Without Health Care Because Doctors and Hospitals Are Sworn to ...
— videocafe.crooksandliars.com — You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player! ...... (more) McConnell: Americans Don't Go Without Health Care ...

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The Corner on National Review Online:  Republican Leader McConnell to Oppose Sotomayor

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ConfirmThem -:  Yet Another Sotomayor Open Thread :-)

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Republican Leader McConnell to Oppose Sotomayor
The Corner on National Review Online — Friday, July 17, 2009 [image] Republican Leader McConnell to Oppose Sotomayor [Ed Whelan] Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, who has done an excellent job outlining his concerns about Judge Sotomayor over the course of the confirmation process, has announced ...

Happy Hour Links
Weekly Standard Blog — Iran erupts. McConnell will vote against Sotomayor. The chairman of the Black Chamber of Commerce says Sen. Barbara Boxer treated "me ignorant jigaboo up there." The end of the Electoral College as we know it? Is the health-care battle Obama's Waterloo?

Yet Another Sotomayor Open Thread :-)
ConfirmThem - — Various GOP Senators have announced how they will vote on the Sotomayor nomination, and you can read their reasons: Alexander, Bennett, Brownback, Bunning, Burr, Chambliss, Coburn, Cochran, Collins, Corker, Cornyn, Crapo, DeMint, Graham, Grassley, Hatch, Inhofe, Isakson, Johanns, Kyl, Lugar, Martinez, McConnell, Snowe, Thune, Vitter, and Wicker. By the way, last month I filed my very first brief in the U.S. Supreme Court. read ...

Sotomayor Confirmation Vote Will Probably Be Today
ConfirmThem - — Looks like Judge Sotomayor will be confirmed today by the Senate. Of the 40 GOP Senators, 31 oppose, eight support (Alexander, Bond, Collins, Graham, Gregg, Lugar, Martinez, and Snowe), and one has not announced (Voinovich). Click on the name of any of the GOP Senators for their explanations.... Alexander, Barrasso, Bennett, Brownback, Bond, Bunning, Burr, Chambliss, Coburn, Cochran, Collins, Corker, Cornyn, Crapo, DeMint, Enzi, Ensign, Graham, Grassley, Gregg, Hatch, Hutchison, ...

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