Skip to content
RollCall logo

Video

McConnell, Schumer respond to killing of Iranian Quds commander

Senate leaders spar on congressional notification of the Baghdad airstrike

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks from his office to the Senate floor ahead of his speech Monday afternoon. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., walks from his office to the Senate floor ahead of his speech Monday afternoon. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)
By Graham MacGillivray
Posted January 3, 2020 at 3:51pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., joined senators from both parties Friday in addressing the recent killing of Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. While the senior senators agreed they would not mourn Soleimani’s death, they differed on process. McConnell pointed to congressional briefings in the coming hours and weeks while Schumer said he received no prior notification about the operation and questioned the president’s authority to significantly increase troop levels.

[jwp-video n=”1″]

[Read more on implications for vulnerable senators in 2020]

Recent Stories

Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference.

DOJ agreed to return Rep. Ogles’ cell phone, law firm says

Concerns about gerrymandering aren’t new, but both parties have taken things to a new level with the help of technology and the courts, Winston writes. Above, protesters hold up signs as the Supreme Court hears a case in October 2017.

The voters’ voice: Gerrymandering and the state of democracy 

Temporary Protected Status holders along with union leaders and advocates rally as the Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments April 29, 2026, in a case over Trump administration actions to terminate the TPS designations.

Supreme Court yet to decide on Election Day, Trump firings

Anti-gerrymandering activists gather on the steps of the Supreme Court in March 2018.(Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Solving the redistricting fight comes down to the basics

Capitol Lens | Run through

Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen, here at a news conference outside the Capitol on April 20, is the state's sole Democrat in Congress.

Tennessee Republicans unveil new map that would dismantle lone Democratic seat