Tag: Mitch McConnell

"Now's when the real work begins," Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn, a top Budget Committee member, said. "This is like giving us the green light to start." (iStock)

Senate paves the way for tax reform by passing a budget

Joseph Lawler, Susan Ferrechio · October 20, 2017 1:34 am

"Since every Democrat I believe will support it, it has 60 votes." (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Schumer demands immediate vote on Obamacare deal

Robert King · October 19, 2017 8:21 pm

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., are split on more than just conservative Thomas Farr's nomination to fill the judicial vacancy in North Carolina's Eastern District. Farr's nomination has become wrapped up in the battle over the Judiciary Committee's "blue slip" practice. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Judiciary Committee advances nominee for judgeship vacant since 2005

Ryan Lovelace · October 19, 2017 6:03 pm

If Cochran resigned after Nov. 6, the nonpartisan special would be held the same day as the 2018 midterm. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

If Thad Cochran resigns, another headache for the Republicans

David M. Drucker · October 19, 2017 4:01 am

No Things Considered: Trump teams up with McConnell

Washington Examiner Staff · October 18, 2017 6:38 pm

"The president trying to blame Congress when he is really to blame, on issue after issue, is not fair and not accurate," Schumer said. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Chuck Schumer defends Mitch McConnell from Trump’s gridlock complaints

Joel Gehrke · October 18, 2017 5:34 pm

"The obvious reason," that McConnell hasn't backed Moore a conservative strategist explains "is that the only vote that matters to him is who will vote for him as leader." (AP)

Beltway Confidential

Bannon and McConnell’s war could ruin Roy Moore’s Alabama Senate campaign

Philip Wegmann · October 18, 2017 2:50 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced Tuesday that the chamber would vote to pass the budget by Friday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republican leaders expect budget to pass in crucial step towards tax reform

Susan Ferrechio · October 17, 2017 10:53 pm

"Trump doesn't owe the conservative intelligentsia anything," said a Republican strategist. "But he does need them to help pass tax reform." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump seeks to rally conservatives with tax cuts

W. James Antle III · October 17, 2017 9:21 pm

The Future of the Trump-McConnell Bromance

TWS Podcast · October 17, 2017 8:56 pm

Erik Prince, Founder and CEO of Blackwater Worldwide is seen at Blackwater's offices in Moyock, N.C., Monday, July 21, 2008. Blackwater plans a shift away from the private security business that brought unwelcome attention following a deadly shooting in Baghdad last year. Blackwater executives say the company will survive with a focus on international training, aviation and logistics. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

Blackwater founder Erik Prince rules out Senate run in Michigan, but is eyeing Wyoming

Steven Nelson · October 17, 2017 8:05 pm

The Office of Compliance has authorized $17 million in payouts over 20 years to employees of the legislative branch for a variety of workplace settlements, including sexual harassment. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

House, Senate kick off negotiations on 2018 defense bill

Travis J. Tritten · October 17, 2017 4:34 pm