Tag: Mitch McConnell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., answers questions.

Beltway Confidential

Mitch McConnell’s paternalistic crusade to raise smoking age to 21 is wrongheaded

Philip Klein · May 20, 2019 9:15 pm

Summer Zervos and Donald Trump.

McConnell and Kaine team up on bill raising tobacco and vaping age to 21

Susan Ferrechio · May 20, 2019 8:48 pm

Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., left, is greeted by Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, as they and other advocates for LGBTQ rights rally before a vote in the House on the "Equality Act of 2019," sweeping anti-discrimination legislation that would extend civil rights protections to LGBT people by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 17, 2019.

House passes bill to include LGBTQ protections in Civil Rights Act

Susan Ferrechio · May 17, 2019 4:21 pm

In this March 7, 2019 photo, Queensbridge Houses Tenant Association President April Simpson, left, listens as HUD executive Lynne Patton, conducts a town hall meeting to air residents' concerns at the Queensbridge Houses in New York.

Trump adviser who fought drug addiction denounces ‘Cocaine Mitch’

Josh Siegel · May 11, 2019 3:13 pm

This March 5, 2019, file photo shows Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pausing during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Rand Paul blasts Senate Intelligence Committee for defying McConnell

Dominick Mastrangelo · May 9, 2019 3:57 pm

‘Cocaine Mitch’ McConnell releases ‘Cartel’ T-shirt

John Gage · May 8, 2019 9:53 pm

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Dec. 7, 2018.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee: Trump wants to ‘take a wrecking ball to the Constitution’

Julio Rosas · May 8, 2019 4:10 pm

Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell.

Schumer accuses McConnell of ‘whitewashing’ Mueller report

Susan Ferrechio · May 7, 2019 4:06 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., returns to the chamber after speaking to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

McConnell to declare ‘case closed’ on Russian collusion

Susan Ferrechio · May 7, 2019 11:26 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., flanked by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., left, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, speaks with reporters following their weekly policy meetings.

McConnell moves to restore full strength to Export-Import Bank that divides GOP

Colin Wilhelm · May 2, 2019 8:09 pm

Stephen Moore, visiting fellow at the Heritage Foundation, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, March 22, 2019. President Donald Trump said he's nominating Moore, a long-time supporter of the president, for a seat on the Federal Reserve Board.

Stephen Moore says he won’t drop out of Fed consideration, dismisses controversies as ‘smear campaign’

Colin Wilhelm · May 1, 2019 1:20 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, accompanied by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, appears during a news conference in D.C.

Beltway Confidential

Don’t let Congress bust the spending caps again

Jason Pye · April 30, 2019 6:02 pm