Tag: Mitch McConnell

Senators are hoping to vote on legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline this week after Democrats blocked a procedural move, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

McConnell wants Keystone XL vote this week

Zack Colman · January 27, 2015 8:04 pm

Boehner and McConnell: What Obamacare Alternative?

Jeffrey H. Anderson · January 27, 2015 3:25 pm

House Speaker John Boehner, left, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell meet with the press at the GOP retreat at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pa., Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015. (AP Photo/PennLive.com, Mark Pynes)

McConnell: Obama ‘sounded like he was running for a third term’

Kelly Cohen · January 26, 2015 1:47 pm

Boehner: ‘We’re Interested in Working With’ Obama

Daniel Halper · January 26, 2015 2:09 am

These 2014 file photos show, from left, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio. (AP Photo, File)

Boehner, McConnell: Obama tax hikes ‘dead’ on arrival

Sarah Bedford · January 24, 2015 3:13 pm

Three weeks into the Senate's 2015 calendar, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has permitted floor votes on 25 proposed amendments to legislation. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

McConnell delivers on amendments promise, in stark contrast with Reid era

David M. Drucker · January 23, 2015 9:31 pm

Former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, who is also the wife of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is resigning from the Bloomberg Philanthropies board because the foundation is stepping up its anti-coal donations. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Energy and Environment

Elaine Chao resigns from Bloomberg board over anti-coal efforts

Zack Colman · January 22, 2015 1:44 pm

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McConnell to Obama: No more ‘tired tax hikes’

Susan Ferrechio · January 20, 2015 4:17 pm

As a lame duck president, Obama is desperately trying to secure a legacy and set up strong contrasts for the 2016 presidential campaign between Democratic and Republican values. (AP)

Obama’s leftward lurch poisons hope for consensus

Susan Crabtree · January 20, 2015 10:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Friday called on President Obama to offer a bipartisan agenda in his State of the Union address next week. (AP/Susan Walsh)

McConnell calls for ‘new day’ in Obama’s State of Union speech

Susan Ferrechio · January 16, 2015 4:15 pm

Out of bullets, Republican leaders turn to soft power

David M. Drucker · January 16, 2015 10:00 am

The document follows an unsuccessful rebellion among conservatives to try to oust Boehner from power. (Getty/Win McNamee)

Top conservatives urge GOP leaders not to cut deals

Susan Crabtree · January 16, 2015 12:38 am