The United States has a Senate majority leader who stands ready to fulfill his constitutional duty to nominate a replacement in the event of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's demise. 
By Susan Cornwell, Patricia Zengerle and Lisa Lambert
The United States Congress, under the bold leadership of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.)—aka "Midnight Mitch," "Cocaine Mitch," "Moscow Mitch," etc.—has achieved its highest approval rating in more than a decade, according to a Gallup survey published this week. 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the funding measure to help small business should be approved by Congress with no additions, as a partisan skirmish in the U.S. Senate cut short a Republican effort to speed $250 billion in new assistance. 
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R., Ky.) effort to provide additional aid for small businesses in the latest coronavirus relief bill is a "political stunt," two Senate Democrats said Thursday. 
Senate Democrats voted Thursday to block a $250 billion infusion of cash into small businesses suffering amid the coronavirus pandemic. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wielded decisive clout in the selection process for a key judicial vacancy President Donald Trump filled Friday, leveraging a deep reserve of good will accrued from four years as field marshal of Trump’s campaign to stock the federal bench with conservative jurists. 
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday announced plans to nominate a vocal ally of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to an influential federal appeals court in Washington.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) had a ready retort when a reporter suggested Wednesday's $2 trillion coronavirus relief bill was insufficiently transparent. 
Bloomberg TV anchor Jonathan Ferro criticized Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) Monday for blaming Republicans for the stalled coronavirus stimulus, saying the bill hadn't gone through because of Senate Democrats. 