{"id":2371910,"date":"2024-11-21T19:15:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T00:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-announces-post-leadership-role-chairing-defense-budget-panel-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-21T19:16:48","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T00:16:48","slug":"mcconnell-announces-post-leadership-role-chairing-defense-budget-panel-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-announces-post-leadership-role-chairing-defense-budget-panel-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell announces post-leadership role chairing defense budget panel &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmcconnell-announces-post-leadership-role-chairing-defense-budget-panel-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371910&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that he\u200d will chair the Appropriations \u2064subcommittee responsible for the defence budget starting next year as he prepares to step down from \u2063his leadership position \u200cin the Senate \u2063after 18 years. In January, he will transition \u200cto \u200da rank-and-file member, but his new role will allow him to continue influencing U.S. foreign policy significantly. McConnell emphasized the\u2062 urgent need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-extends-freeze-on-ruling-against-biden-administration-communications-with-big-tech\/\" title=\"Supreme Court maintains freeze on ruling against Biden administration&#039;s Big Tech communications.\">address national security threats<\/a>, stating that the Senate Republican majority has a responsibility to secure America&#8217;s\u2062 leadership. His seniority over Sen.\u2062 Susan Collins (R-ME)\u2062 could have allowed him to lead the entire Appropriations Committee, \u200bbut they share a close working\u2064 relationship, and a larger role for McConnell was not anticipated. His position may create tensions in the upcoming Congress, particularly given his more <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">aggressive foreign policy \u200bstance \u200dcompared<\/a> to President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s approach to\u2064 the Ukraine \u2064war.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">McConnell announces post-leadership role chairing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-the-biden-administration-is-politicizing-the-military\/\" title=\"How the Biden Administration is Politicizing the Military\">defense budget<\/a> panel<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1889275\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY) announced on Thursday that he will chair the Appropriations subcommittee that controls the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/defense\/\">defense<\/a> budget next year as he prepares to step down from Senate leadership.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In January, McConnell will become a rank-and-file member after 18 years leading Republicans in the Senate, but his committee assignment guarantees he will maintain a prominent role in shaping U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/foreign-policy\/\">foreign policy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3109445\/bidens-trump-proofing-foreign-policy-revolves-around-ukraine-nato\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>BIDEN&rsquo;S &lsquo;TRUMP-PROOFING&rsquo; FOREIGN POLICY REVOLVES AROUND UKRAINE AND NATO<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;America&rsquo;s national security interests face the gravest array of threats since the Second World War. At this critical moment, a new Senate Republican majority has a responsibility to secure the future of U.S. leadership and primacy,&rdquo; McConnell said in a statement. &ldquo;I intend to play an active role in this urgent mission.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>McConnell is more senior than Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), the top <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republican\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Republican<\/a> on the Appropriations Committee, meaning he could have leap-frogged her to run the entire committee.<\/p>\n<p>But McConnell was never expected to take on such a large role. McConnell and Collins are close Senate allies.<\/p>\n<p>His perch on the Appropriations Committee could be a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3231926\/mcconnell-pelosi-retirement-leadership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">source of friction<\/a> in the new Congress, when Republicans will assume a 53-seat Senate majority. He has a decidedly more hawkish stance on foreign policy than President-elect Donald Trump, who wants to broker an end to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3220465\/what-trump-promised-day-one-white-house\/\"><strong>WHAT TRUMP HAS PROMISED TO DO ON DAY 1 IN THE OVAL OFFICE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>McConnell could also be instrumental in blocking some of his more controversial Cabinet nominees, among them Tulsi Gabbard, an anti-war firebrand chosen to lead U.S. intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<p>It is not yet clear how outspoken McConnell plans to be outside of leadership. But he has so far attempted not to outshine incoming Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD).<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, he declined to express a view on how Thune should handle the question of recess appointments, a way for Trump to place his nominees without Senate confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of defense, McConnell announced that he will chair the Senate Rules Committee, a lower-profile body responsible for contested elections and the administration of Senate rules and procedures.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Defending the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Senate<\/a> as an institution and protecting the right to political speech in our elections remain among my longest-standing priorities,&rdquo; McConnell said.<\/p>\n<p>He will take the place of Sen. 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