Hugh Hewitt: Another victory is looming for McConnell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the chamber after speaking about his plan to move a 1,300-page spending measure, which includes $5.7 billion to fund President Donald Trump's proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the sticking point in the standoff between Trump and Democrats that has led to a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) As reported by The Post's Seung Min Kim and Paul Kane last week, and confirmed to me by Sens. Todd Young, R-Ind., and Tom Cotton, R-Ark., Senate Republicans are very close to changing the body's rules governing the amount of time the Senate can debate a nomination. Doing so will mark another important victory for Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

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