Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellGOP ramps up attacks on Democrats over talk of nixing filibuster MLB owner: It's 'very necessary' to vote for Trump Delta: Early departures saved flight attendants' jobs MORE (R-Ky.) on Tuesday lashed out at Senate Democrats for delaying efforts to fill President Trump's Cabinet, accusing them of causing “chaos.”

McConnell said Democrats were unfairly obstructing Trump by boycotting committee votes on Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin and Health and Human Services Secretary nominee Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), and filibustering Sen. Jeff Sessions Jefferson (Jeff) Beauregard SessionsTrump's policies on refugees are as simple as ABCs Ocasio-Cortez, Velázquez call for convention to decide Puerto Rico status White House officials voted by show of hands on 2018 family separations: report MORE's (R-Ala.) nomination to serve as attorney general.

"It is time to get over the fact that they lost the election," he said.

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Asked about statements by Mnuchin and Price that Democrats have called "lies," McConnell said the minority party was "manufacturing issues."

He added that if they didn't find fault with their testimony, they would have come up with other reasons to delay their nominations.

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“It's really important that Democrats get over it and start to play ball,” Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Thune John Randolph ThuneGOP ramps up attacks on Democrats over talk of nixing filibuster On The Money: Pelosi says House will stay in session until stimulus deal is reached | GOP short of votes on Trump's controversial Fed pick | WTO rules Trump tariffs on Chinese goods illegal GOP short of votes on Trump's controversial Fed pick MORE (S.D.) said.