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If Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) once again become majority leader following the midterm election, what would the first 90 days look like? “Well, we will be looking for things that we can do for the country, no matter who’s in the White House,” McConnell told Fox News’s Bret Baier Wednesday night. “But I think you can say this. If there’s a Republican House and Senate next year, Joe Biden will finally become the moderate he promised the American people he would be when he ran for president, because he would have no choice.” McConnell defended Republican support for the recent...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell operates with a steely resolve, a political discipline that leaves nothing to chance. A childhood bout with polio instilled in him an enormous capacity for patience. And for 25 years in Congress, the Kentucky Republican has waited for the moment now before him: the chance to become Senate majority leader. With four seats needed to flip the chamber, or three if a Republican is elected president (because the vice president could break a tie), the GOP has its best opportunity in years to gain full control of Congress. But McConnell and his party must first...