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Exmcconnell Staffers Lobbied On Russianbacked Politico

Two former top staffers to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have lobbied Congress and the Treasury Department on the development of a new Kentucky aluminum mill backed by the Russian

Coal Workers Fight For Benefits As Industry Struggles

Trump hasnt publicly responded while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell whose state of Kentucky employs over 6000 miners has blocked a separate measure that would shore up miner

Letter Mcconnell Is No Friend Of Coal Miners Opinion

In 2015 McConnell blocked a bill aimed at shoring up miners pension and health care That bill the Miners Protection Act directed 3 billion over 10 years into health care and pension funds for

Coal Workers Fight For Benefits As Industry Struggles

Trump hasnt publicly responded while Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell whose state of Kentucky employs over 6000 miners has blocked a separate measure that would shore up miner pensions The President is committed to all Americans including our great hardworking coal miners White House spokesperson Judd Deere told NBC News

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Jul 27 2017 Coal miners arent the only Kentuckians negatively affected by Mitch McConnell working families continue to suffer thanks to his positions and legislation Some examples include He voted against laws that would help stop outsourcing and has even voted for tax breaks that reward corporations for exporting Americas jobs overseas

Mitch Mcconnell Rationalwiki

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Black Lives Matter Protests Echo Quest For Environmental

Jun 23 2020 In the late 1940s chemical companies started buying surplus government industrial plants which by the 1950s were spewing out some 21 million pounds a

Brown Slams Temporary Fix For Miners Health Benefits

Dec 07 2016 Miners and their advocates had targeted McConnell because of Kentuckys coal industry where 3200 people are facing the loss of health benefits without the extension

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Dont forget what Mitch blocked for years After years of blocking legislation to fund miners pensions Sen Mitch McConnell suddenly is supporting one He needs votes

Coal Miners With Black Lung Rip Mcconnell He Only Spent

Aug 26 2019 Kentucky coal miners who were dismissed by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are now appearing in an ad for Democrat Amy McGrath who is running to replace him Ten hours on the bus and we got to see him for all of one minute says Kentucky coal miner Jimmy Moore in the ad which was released Friday Moore explains in the video that his stepfather and grandfather died from

Coal Miners With Black Lung Disease Slam Mitch Mcconnell

However their meeting with Senate Majority Leader Republican Mitch McConnell of Kentucky didnt go as planned McConnell took a photo with the miners and then left without discussing the issue

Moscow Mitch Mcconnell Stiffed Kentucky Coal Miners

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell RKy extolling his glorious fight against former President Barack Obamas war on coal was laughable if it wasnt so serious In 2016 Mitch blocked Obamas Power Plus Plan a 1 billion effort to help Appalachia transition away from the dying coal industry

Senate Leader Mitch Mcconnell Pleads For Unity As

After a dispute over healthcare benefits for retired coal miners nearly led to a partial government shutdown Friday the Senate voted 6336 at 1116 pm to keep the government running with less

Kentucky Coal Miners Continue Protest As Blackjewel

Aug 07 2019 Republican Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell a strident opponent of miners health and safety standards was quick to offer kind words The Trump administrations Department of Labor tailending the protest has issued a call to halt the removal of coal from the Cloverlick mine until the miners are paid

How A Mcconnellbacked Effort To Lift Washington Post

Aug 14 2019 A spokesman said the Senate majority leader did not know the measure would help a company building an aluminum mill in an impoverished part of his home state

Green New Deal Splits Dems Vying To Take On Mcconnell

She raised 113 million between April 1 and June 3 the most recent federal reporting period and had 193 million on hand at the end of the period McConnell only reported raising 72 million

No Money No Coal Why The Latest Group Of Kentucky Miners

For the second time in a year a group of Kentucky coal miners blocked a coal train to demand back wages from a mining company marking the latest outbreak of miner labor activism as the Appalachian coal industry continues to decline

Blackjewel Coal Miners To Get Millions In Back Pay After

Blackjewel Coal Miners to Get Millions in Back Pay After Train Blockade Posted on 10252019 For two months this summer outofwork miners blocked a train full of coal from shipping out of an eastern Kentucky mine demanding weeks of unpaid wages after

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Claim Says Mitch McConnells biggest donor is a Russian oligarch that the GOP just lifted sanctions on

Kentucky Receives 113 Million In Funding To Clean Up

Tags 113 million abandoned coal mines Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Fund clean up conservation funding David Bernhardt kentucky Mitch McConnell Office of Surface

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Jun 21 2020 Story By Jeff Ledington The Mountain Advocate Senator Mitch McConnell has been in office since 1985 and has been Senate Majority Leader since 2015 Born in Alabama McConnell graduated from the University of Louisville and later the University of Kentucky College of Law He served as Judge Executive for Jefferson County before being elected to the senate

Protests Come To Coal Country In Germany Kentucky

The Block 9 coal plant has enough coal on hand for about 10 hours of operation home to Mitch McConnell who some consider the most despicable politician in the history of the United States

Bill To Shield Retired Miners Divides Coalstate

McConnell a staunch defender of his home states coal industry blocked the pension measure last year and says hes not going to fasttrack a plan that some Republicans warn amounts to a bailout

Kentuckys Primary Is A Test For The Green New Deal

Kentucky is the fifthlargest coal producer in the US Though the industry has tailed off its still powerful in the state McConnell has accepted over 1 million dollars from mining companies over the course of his fiveterm career and loyally voted in ways that benefit them

How Mitch Mcconnell Gave A Sweet Deal To The Kentucky Coal

Dec 30 2019 While Moscow Mitch steers millions toward business ventures with oligarchs many in Appalachia want lawmakers to realize that a hike in the excise tax of 014 per ton for surfacemined coal

Mitch Mcconnell Gets Reelected Because You All Forget

McConnell had held up for months legislation that would have protected the pensions of nearly 90000 retired coal workers funding that the coal miners union had been pleading for for years Suddenly when several coal mining companies filed for bankruptcy further imperiling the pension fund McConnell

Gop War On Workers Moscow Mitch Stiffs Coal Miners For

The coal miners of Kentucky are well aware of at least part of the storythat McConnell blocked funds they desperately need And all of McConnells behindcloseddoors promises that hell take care of them are wearing thin In a recent speech Cecil Roberts president of the

Appalachian Lawmaker Plans To Halt Senate Action Over Coal

Dec 16 2019 McConnell had blocked earlier Senate action on miners pensions For example in 2017 McConnell introduced his own bill to provide for miners health benefits without dealing with pensions McConnell did not immediately return a request for comment The miners pension plan was weakened by a series of coal

Mcconnell Touts Benefits To Kentucky In Spending

Dec 23 2019 The benefits for coal miners which McConnell introduced with West Virginia Sens Joe Manchin a Democrat and Shelley Moore Capito a Republican include pension security for 92000 miners

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Jun 12 2019 McConnells inaction on the opiod crisis and the coal miners health fund may also be a negative for him And despite Trumps bluster coal is not coming back For all his power probably the biggest thing McConnell has delivered since his last election is the legalization of industrial hemp which has always been an important Kentucky

Mitch Mcconnell Gets His Russia Payoff As Oligarch

Apr 15 2019 Oligarch Oleg Deripaska whose company was recently granted sanctions relief by Trump and Mitch McConnell is now planning to invest 200 million in McConnells home state of Kentucky

Sen Mcconnell The Elder And The Fall Of The American Republic

Apr 24 2020 More importantly after the initial rush of panic the Senate led by Mitch McConnell the Elder so named because he remained in politics until 2032 at age 90 blocked all