December 16 Senate GOP Leadership Press Conference

By JM Rieger

Posted December 16, 2014 at 2:53pm

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell discussed the remaining Senate schedule for the 113th Congress and the Keystone XL Pipeline at his weekly news conference Dec. 16.

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