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Mitch McConnell, the president's man in the Senate

  • Written by Andrea Hatcher, Associate Professor and Chair of Department of Politics, Sewanee: The University of the South

Being Senate majority leader isn’t easy. And Mitch McConnell is finding out that having unified government could make it harder still.

As my research shows, U.S. Senate majority leaders represent several constituencies that push and pull in multiple – and usually conflicting – directions.

Balancing constraints

First, the leader is...

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