By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell congratulated Democrat Joe Biden as president-elect on Tuesday, saying the Electoral College 'has spoken.' The Republican leader's statement, delivered in a speech on the Senate floor, ends weeks of silence over President Donald Trump's defeat. It came a day after electors met and officially affirmed Biden's election win. 'I want to congratulate President-elect Joe Biden,' McConnell said. 'Many of us had hoped the presidential election would yield a different result,' he said. 'But our system of government has the processes to determine who will be sworn […]

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