Tag: Mitch McConnell

House Democrats to take up ‘compromise’ funding bill Thursday

Susan Ferrechio · June 27, 2019 1:11 pm

A voter votes at a local precinct on primary election day in Cincinnati.

Beltway Confidential

Make Election Day a federal holiday — and one day after Tax Day

Tiana Lowe Doescher · June 26, 2019 12:19 pm

Sept. 11 first responders John Feal, left, Ret. Lt. Michael O'Connell, right, and other first responders speak to reporters as they leave the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, following their meeting at McConnell's office on Capitol Hill in Washington.

9/11 responders after meeting with McConnell: ‘We challenged his humanity, and he passed’

Julio Rosas · June 25, 2019 10:47 pm

National Security

Senate will vote on measure to block Trump military action in Iran

Susan Ferrechio · June 25, 2019 7:23 pm

Mitch McConnell, Jon Stewart.

McConnell to meet 9/11 responders after Jon Stewart criticism

Caitlin Yilek · June 25, 2019 2:17 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, center, speaks during a news conference after a Senate Republican weekly luncheon meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. McConnell says he is "somewhat optimistic" after conversations with Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer that there will be more cooperation on nominations and appropriations.

McConnell: I’ll be watching baseball during Democratic debates

Susan Ferrechio · June 25, 2019 1:05 am

A person smokes a Juul Labs Inc. e-cigarette in this arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Sunday July 8, 2018.

McConnell bill to raise legal smoking age to 21 to get vote in Senate panel

Kimberly Leonard · June 24, 2019 3:47 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a California Democratic Party event.

Gavin Newsom: GOP will be a third party over their ‘hypermasculinity’

Julio Rosas · June 24, 2019 1:24 pm

Former Alabama Chief Justice and U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore.

McConnell, other prominent Republicans oppose Roy Moore’s Senate run

Ellie Bufkin · June 20, 2019 11:06 pm

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National security adviser John Bolton look on as President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Oval Office of the White House, Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Washington.

White House calls in congressional leaders for Iran briefing in Situation Room

Naomi Lim · June 20, 2019 5:41 pm

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer speaks at a press conference.

Democratic leader: House will vote on reparations measure

Susan Ferrechio · June 19, 2019 4:07 pm

Tents fill a shelter used mostly by Mexican and Central American migrants who are applying for asylum in the U.S., on the border in Tijuana, Mexico.

GOP offers $4.6B border ‘humanitarian’ plan, 86% for ‘migrant care’

Paul Bedard · June 19, 2019 3:55 pm