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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House, July 20, 2020, in Washington. The end of Roe v. Wade started in the Senate. The Senate Republican partnership with Trump to confirm conservative justices paved the way for the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on abortion rights. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bitter enemies Trump, McConnell notched Supreme Court abortion win with their unlikely alliance

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to her on the South Lawn of the White House White House in Washington. President Donald Trump’s deep imprint on the federal courts is a rare point of agreement about the president across the political spectrum. With a major assist from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Trump and his White House staff relentlessly, almost robotically, filled nearly every opening in the federal judiciary, undeterred by Democratic criticism. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Trump’s court appointments will leave decades-long imprint

By MARK SHERMAN and KEVIN FREKING and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 file photo, President Donald Trump and Amy Coney Barrett stand on the Blue Room Balcony after Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administered the Constitutional Oath to her on the South Lawn of the White House White House in Washington. President Donald Trump’s deep imprint on the federal courts is a rare point of agreement about the president across the political spectrum. With a major assist from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Trump and his White House staff relentlessly, almost robotically, filled nearly every opening in the federal judiciary, undeterred by Democratic criticism. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Trump’s impact on courts likely to last long beyond his term

By MARK SHERMAN and KEVIN FREKING and MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, about the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Barrett emerges as court favorite; Trump to pick by weekend

By LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., listens to a question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, July 27, 2020, to highlight the new Republican coronavirus aid package. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mitch McConnell faces toughest test in fight to save Senate majority

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walks to his office after leaving the Senate floor on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Mitch McConnell slams Democrats for pursuing ‘partisan theater’ on policing packages

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this May 6, 2020 photo, nominee Justin Walker to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit testifies during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Caroline Brehman/Pool Photo via AP)

Senate confirms McConnell ally to top federal appeals court

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Local chases dream to be a major league umpire

By BILL MURPHY and The Gainesville Times - Associated Press

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks to the chamber on the morning after House and Senate negotiators worked out a border security compromise hoping to avoid another government shutdown, at the Capitol in in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell wields Green New Deal as bludgeon against Dems

By MATTHEW DALY - Associated Press

Senate confirms Wier as eastern Kentucky judge

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

In this May 15, 2018, file photo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters following a closed-door luncheon with President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Mitch McConnell cancels most of Senate’s planned four-week August break

By David Sherfinski - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2018, file photo, former Massey CEO and West Virginia Republican Senatorial candidate, Don Blankenship, speaks during a town hall to kick off his campaign in Logan, W. Va. Blankenship has unleashed a political ad that takes swipes at &quot;China people&quot; and calls the Senate majority leader &quot;Cocaine Mitch.&quot; His ad says McConnell has created jobs for &quot;China people&quot; and charges that his &quot;China family&quot; has given him millions of dollars.McConnell's wife is U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, whose parents are originally from China.(AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Ex-coal baron takes swipe at “China people” in political ad

By JOHN RABY and JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press

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A big-spending budget deal

By Donald Lambro

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., answers a reporters question during a news conference Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017, in Louisville, Ky. The Senate passed the tax bill early Saturday morning with a 51-49 vote. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

McConnell: Tax bill won’t add to nation’s debt woes

By BRUCE SCHREINER - Associated Press

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks at the Pennsylvania Machine Works, a family-owned pipe-fitting manufacturer, in Aston, Pa., Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. Ryan pitched Republicans' new tax plan in Congress, telling the workers that lowering corporate taxes in America would make American corporations more competitive and able to ultimately draw more business, hire more people and raise wages. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

GOP leadership may need a shakeup

By Allan H. Ryskind