Senate Republicans headed into a contentious debate on selecting Sen. Mitch McConnell or challenger Sen. Rick Scott as minority leader—or delaying the vote—the latest fight in a feud that has been building within the conference for months
WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans headed into a contentious debate Wednesday on selecting Sen. Mitch McConnell or challenger Sen.
Rick Scott as minority leader—or delaying the vote—the latest fight inThe closed-door election process, which involves procedural steps and is expected to be dragged out by debate, followsin which the two Republicans confronted each other over their leadership styles and management. Mr. Scott said that he didn’t hold back in telling Mr. McConnell, the longest-serving Republican Senate leader, that he had kept his own leadership team in the dark.
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