1.0Demand Progresshttps://demandprogress.orgSean Vitkahttps://demandprogress.org/author/seanvitka/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hZZaiwFGU6"><a href="https://demandprogress.org/no-mitch-mcconnell-not-46th-president-legal-political-context-biden-transition-memo/">No, Mitch McConnell is Not the 46th President: The Legal and Political Context for a Biden Transition (Memo)</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://demandprogress.org/no-mitch-mcconnell-not-46th-president-legal-political-context-biden-transition-memo/embed/#?secret=hZZaiwFGU6" width="600" height="338" title="“No, Mitch McConnell is Not the 46th President: The Legal and Political Context for a Biden Transition (Memo)” — Demand Progress" data-secret="hZZaiwFGU6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: david@demandprogress.org Senator McConnell and Wall Street are purveying a narrative that argues that an incoming Biden administration would have to substantially defer to McConnell in order to install key Executive Branch officers. As Demand Progress and the Revolving Door Project discuss below, this narrative is false: Biden can use the Vacancy … Continuedhttps://demandprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/IEEPpS8x-1.jpg900512