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Louisville Courier Journal GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Senate Majority Leader&nbsp;Mitch McConnell in Georgetown refused to tell reporters if he has recently been tested for COVID-19, following Friday's bombshell announcements that President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Mike Lee have both ."Have I ever been tested? Yes," said McConnell after repeated attempts at the question. "But I'm not going to answer questions about when."McConnell made his remarks at the Georgetown Community Hospital on Friday afternoon, where he touted $6.6 million in federal funds delivered to the facility and $12 billion throughout Kentucky from the CARES Act, which he led to passage in the Senate.Despite&nbsp;Senate Minority Leader&nbsp;Chuck Schumer's call for the chamber to institute a formal testing and contact-tracing program for its members and staff in the Capitol&nbsp;complex, McConnell also stiff-armed a question about implementing such a plan."We're following the advice of the CDC in how we operate the Senate, and so far we've been able to do it quite successfully," McConnell.Trump announced in a tweet&nbsp;just before 1 a.m. Friday he and first lady Melania Trump for COVID-19. The president&nbsp;was said to have "mild symptoms" that morning, but that evening&nbsp; "out of an abundance of caution."Related:&nbsp;McConnell tweeted Friday morning&nbsp;he had&nbsp;talked on the phone with Trump about for the president's Supreme Court&nbsp;nominee Amy Coney Barrett.The senator told reporters while Trump was in good spirits, he was "not happy to be cooped up in the White House for a while."While efforts to pass an additional COVID-19 stimulus bill have stalled in Congress, McConnell said&nbsp;"talks have speeded up in the last couple of days" between&nbsp;Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin,&nbsp;Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and him.McConnell called a "stunningly impressive nominee," but declined to directly answer if he wants the Senate to confirm her to the Supreme Court before the election, saying only that he plans&nbsp;on moving her nomination "as soon as it comes out of" the Judiciary Committee.Background:&nbsp;Asked if he wants a&nbsp;new 6-3 conservative majority court to fully strike down the Affordable Care Act should Coney Barrett be confirmed, McConnell also declined to directly answer several times, despite spending much of the past decade attempting to repeal the law "."&nbsp;"That'll be up to the Supreme Court,"&nbsp;McConnell said. "I'm not a fan of Obamacare. But how they ultimately rule on something has&nbsp;always been a mystery to people over the years."Reach reporter Joe Sonka at jsonka@courierjournal.com or 502-582-4472&nbsp;and follow him on Twitter at . Support strong local journalism by subscribing today: .

Louisville Courier Journal GEORGETOWN, Ky. — Senate Majority Leader&nbsp;Mitch McConnell in Georgetown refused to tell reporters if he has recently been tested for COVID-19, following Friday's bombshell announcements that President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Mike Lee have both ."Have I ever been tested? Yes," said McConnell after repeated attempts at the question. "But I'm not going to answer questions about when."McConnell made his remarks at the Georgetown Community Hospital on Friday afternoon, where he touted $6.6 million in federal funds delivered to the facility and $12 billion...

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