Tag: Mitch McConnell

Smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal-burning power plant in Colstrip, Mont., on July 1. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Energy and Environment

Republicans, industry hone attacks on EPA power plant rule

Zack Colman · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., invoked a rarely-used legislative tool on Thursday to block the Environmental Protection Agency's rules for newly built coal plants. (AP/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Mitch McConnell wants to block EPA coal regulations

Ashe Schow · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnellÃÂ said Thursday that he wants to use a congressional maneuver to force a vote to repeal proposed Environmental Protection Agency emissions rules for new power plants. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Energy and Environment

Mitch McConnell tries to force repeal vote for EPA power plant rule

Zack Colman · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said last week that the only way to reform gridlock in the Senate is "by working, and talking, and cooperating, through give and take." (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

Brookings study points to Harry Reid and Senate Democrats as source of gridlock

Joel Gehrke · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

Foreign Policy Experts to Congressional Leaders: Enforce Iranian Compliance With Nuclear Deal

Michael Warren · January 9, 2014 8:01 pm

House Speaker John Boehner,ÃÂ House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Minority Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Harry ReidÃÂ this week began their eighth year as the leaders running Congress.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Nancy Pelosi, John Boehner, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell: Fighting quartet atop Congress face seven years of grudges

Bloomberg News · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Aug. 3, 2013 file photo, Matt Bevin of Louisville, Ky., speaks in Fancy Farm, Ky. Bevin, a Louisville businessman, will face off against Sen. Mitch McConnell in the primary election for the Republican party ticket. (AP File)

Matt Bevin criticizes Mitch McConnell over health care, coal

Associated Press · January 9, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority LeaderÃÂ MitchÃÂ McConnell, R-Ky.:ÃÂ "If the Majority Leader wants this bill to pass the Senate, then he's likely going to have to find a way to pay for it."ÃÂ (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Mitch McConnell outlines contract with the Senate for 2014 elections

Joel Gehrke · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate should increase the authority of committee chairmen and ranking members, permit more debate on legislative issues, allow a greater number of minority amendments and extend the length of the Senate's work week. (Examiner File/Graeme Jennings)

Mitch McConnell bemoans the partisanship that has paralyzed the Senate

Tim Mak · January 8, 2014 5:00 am

TheÃÂ Senate Conservatives FundÃÂ has been gung-ho in targeting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who faces a competitive re-election bid in 2014. ÃÂ (Getty Image)

CBO said delaying individual mandate would cut deficit by $35 billion over a decade

Philip Klein · January 7, 2014 5:00 am

âWith all of the Republican obstruction, delay, we have seen ... is it any wonder Democrats changed the rules [in November]? Of course not,â said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reidof Nevada. âEven under these new rules, Republicans are wasting weeks on matters that could be resolved in mere hours.â

GOP will slow Senate work in protest over loss of power

Washington Examiner · January 3, 2014 5:00 am

Ted Cruz's Tea Party Whip Operation was not enough to stop the Senate from passing a continuing resolution that funds Obamacare. (Photo: Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Flashback Column: Timothy P. Carney on Ted Cruz and the GOP leadership vacuum

Timothy P. Carney · December 28, 2013 5:00 am