New Year’s Day in Senate is not January 1: Darcy Cartoon
Updated Jan 01, 2021;
Posted Jan 01, 2021
If Democrats win both races in the Jan 5 Georgia runoff for the U.S. Senate, Mitch McConnell will no longer be the Senate Majority Leader.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio New Year’s Day isn’t today according to the U.S. Senate’s father time, Mitch McConnell, who marks it as January 5, 2021.
Tuesday is the Georgia runoff election for its two U.S. Senate seats. If Democrats win both races, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky will remain Senate Majority Leader and $2,000 Covid relief checks will remain in his trash bin.
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