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GOP failures of leadership on immigration

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell refuses to say when he’ll hold a vote on Loretta Lynch’s nomination to be Attorney General. Speaker Boehner refused to say how he’ll handle right-wingers trying to shut down DHS. Rev. Sharpton has the latest.

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Shutdown Showdown: Boehner and McConnell... — Hardball

Shutdown Showdown: Boehner and McConnell...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (R) speaks with Speaker of the House John Beohner (R-OH) in Washington in 2012. — Rachel Maddow

GOP lost as Homeland Security deadline looms

US Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson speaks during a press conference at the US Citizenship and Immigration Services Headquarters on Feb. 23, 2015 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty)

Angry DHS head to Congress: ‘You gotta pay'

DHS funding fight reaching last-minute... — Hardball

DHS funding fight reaching last-minute...

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks from his office in the U.S. Capitol to the Senate chamber to open debate on a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security on Feb. 23, 2015 in Washington, DC.

Lawmakers seek DHS endgame

Sen. Majority Mitch McConnell is transformed into "Mitch McColombia" the "Majority Leader of Sneezes." (Photo by Anthony Pego, Boo Science)

Mitch McConnell as a cat

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks to his office from the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Jan. 8, 2015. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/AP) — Rachel Maddow

McConnell looks for a way out of DHS mess

Students wait for assistance with their paperwork for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (Photo by Jonathan Alcorn/Reuters) — Changing America

Is this it for immigration reform?

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speaks to members of the media after the weekly Senate Republican Policy Luncheon on Dec. 16, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty) — Rachel Maddow

McConnell decries 'obstructionism,' irony...

Loretta Lynch is sworn in during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Jan. 28, 2015 in Washington, DC. — Rachel Maddow

Cruz & Co. launch doomed bid to derail Lynch

U.N. Ambassador at McConnell Center

U.N. Ambassador at McConnell Center

Rachel Maddow

No wonder Mitch McConnell wants credit...

Then-Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (C) (R-KY) arrives to answer questions following the weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2014 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty)

McConnell on the economy: You're welcome

Image: Senators Holds Their Weekly Party Policy Luncheon — Rachel Maddow

McConnell wants credit for economic...

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) talks to reporters after the Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill following a long series of votes at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Dec. 13, 2014.

The 2015 Senate: A staging ground for 2016?

President Barack Obama talks to U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) during a meeting with members of Congress in Washington, D.C. on July 31, 2014. (Photo by Andrew Harrer/Picture-Alliance/DPA/AP) — Rachel Maddow

McConnell has a confrontational course in...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks with reporters following a closed-door policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington on Dec. 2, 2014. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

McConnell: Obama won't like GOP agenda

McConnell on Senate ctrl: It's been a long... — The Last Word

McConnell on Senate ctrl: It's been a long...

Cuba And U.S. To Re-establish Diplomatic Relations — Rachel Maddow

Obama enjoys broad public backing on new...

An activist holds up a sign outside the State Department during a protest of the Keystone XL pipeline on March 7, 2014 in Washington. — Rachel Maddow

McConnell puts Keystone at the top of the...

File Photo: Sen. Jim DeMint, R-SC, center, joins other conservatives lawmakers to criticize President Obama's national health care plan, often called "Obamacare," Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The... — Rachel Maddow

Poisoning the well? McConnell eyes ACA...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and US Senator Chuck Schumer look on as US President Barack Obama speaks during a bipartisan, bicameral congressional leadership luncheon at the White House ion Nov. 7, 2014. (Jim Watson/AFP/Getty) — Rachel Maddow

McConnell sees Supreme Court as possible...

McConnell’s First Move

McConnell’s First Move

President Barack Obama addresses a group of business leaders at the quarterly meeting of the Business Roundtable in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 3, 2014. (Photo by Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty)

Obama to business leaders: Raise wages

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) reacts as Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 3, 2014.

Ted Cruz threatens new immigration shutdown

Obama to meet privately with Mitch McConnell — Rachel Maddow

Obama to meet privately with Mitch McConnell

Sen. McConnell’s gaffe on immigration — PoliticsNation

Sen. McConnell’s gaffe on immigration

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) answers questions following the weekly Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 13, 2014 in Washington, DC. — Rachel Maddow

Mitch McConnell and the limits of...

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