mitch mcconnell was the leader of the senate 2018.
mitch mcconnell was the leader of the senate 2018.
who is the leader of the senate 2018?
mitch mcconnell
on january 3, 2018, bounds's nomination was returned to the president under rule xxxi, paragraph 6 of the united states senate. on january 5, 2018, president donald trump announced his intent to renominate bounds to a federal judgeship. on january 8, 2018, his renomination was sent to the senate. in february 2018, the bipartisan commission cited by wyden and merkley found bounds to be one of four suitable applicants for the judgeship. however, the senators continued to refuse to turn in their blue slips, citing college newspaper articles bounds wrote while a student at stanford university in the 1990s. on may 9, 2018, a hearing on his nomination was held before the senate judiciary committee. on june 7, 2018, his nomination was reported out of committee by an 11–10 party-line vote. on july 18, 2018, the senate voted 50–49 to invoke cloture on his nomination. on july 19, 2018, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell announced that bounds’s nomination would be withdrawn after senator tim scott, a republican, announced he could not support the nomination with the information he had at that point; scott's stance left bounds's nomination short of the number of votes needed for confirmation. scott is the first african american to be elected to the senate from the deep south since the 19th century. on july 24, 2018, the bounds nomination was officially withdrawn.
ryan bounds
in 2014, schupp was elected to the missouri senate. after running unopposed in the democratic primary, she defeated republican jay ashcroft and libertarian jim higgins with 50% of the vote against 47% and 3% respectively. after raising over $1 million for her reelection bid, she was returned to the senate 2018, defeating republican gregory powers. schupp represents the 24th senatorial district, which is located in st. louis county and includes some or all of the following municipalities: ballwin, breckenridge hills, bridgeton, champ, charlack, chesterfield, country life acres, creve coeur, crystal lake park, frontenac, huntleigh, ladue, manchester, maryland heights, olivette, overland, st. ann, sycamore hills, town and country, warson woods, westwood and winchester.
jill schupp