Tag: Mitch McConnell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

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Democrats laying groundwork for court-packing by lying about Mitch McConnell

Philip Klein · April 16, 2019 7:42 pm

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California speaks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, following a signing ceremony for the bipartisan extensive medical funding 21st Century Cures Act.

Border surge pushes Pelosi and McConnell to seek long-elusive immigration deal

Susan Ferrechio · April 12, 2019 5:04 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on July 10, 2018.

GOP sets sights on asylum regulations

Susan Ferrechio · April 12, 2019 4:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a floor speech Thursday that Democrats are trying to shut everyone else out of the political process. (AP File)

McConnell’s prescription for GOP ills: Run as ‘firewall’ against socialism

David M. Drucker · April 12, 2019 1:46 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

McConnell: Trump should consult with GOP in Congress before acting

Susan Ferrechio · April 11, 2019 11:12 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

McConnell: ‘Past time’ to negotiate with Democrats on immigration

Susan Ferrechio · April 11, 2019 8:35 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., joined at right by Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 9, 2019.

Schumer won’t commit to keeping filibuster

Naomi Lim · April 11, 2019 6:02 pm

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., speaks at a Congressional Tri-Caucus news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, on injustice and inequality in America. The Congressional Tri-Caucus is comprised of the Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus and the Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus.

House Progressive wing kills vote on budget caps deal

Susan Ferrechio · April 9, 2019 8:35 pm

Sammi LeMaster, left, and Katherine Fuchs, right, carry the top of an alarm clock display that reads "Net Neutrality" down 12th Street SW to their truck after a protest at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, where the FCC is scheduled to meet and vote on net neutrality. The vote scheduled today, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017, at the FCC could usher in big changes in how Americans use the internet, a radical departure from more than a decade of federal oversight.

McConnell: House net neutrality measure ‘dead on arrival’ in Senate

Susan Ferrechio · April 9, 2019 7:06 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., are headed for another showdown next week as government funding is set to expire Feb. 8. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

How to save the 'post-nuclear' Senate

Washington Examiner · April 8, 2019 4:00 am

GOP leaders praise outgoing DHS chief Kirstjen Nielsen as ‘strong’ and ‘principled’

Joel Gehrke · April 8, 2019 3:34 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., and Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters about the possibility of a partial government shutdown, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. Congress and President Donald Trump continue to bicker over his demand that lawmakers fund a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, pushing the government to the brink of a partial shutdown at midnight Friday.

McConnell hits the gas on judges with new green light

Susan Ferrechio · April 7, 2019 4:00 am