Tag: Mitch McConnell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., has urged President Trump not to shake up his senior level staff in the wake of the domestic violence scandal involving the White House staff secretary. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Trump called Mitch McConnell ‘mean as a snake,’ according to new book

Caitlin Yilek · January 29, 2019 12:30 am

President Donald Trump walks out of the Oval Office to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, and announce a temporary deal to open the government.

Senate leaders: Congress will pass Trump’s spending bill Friday

Susan Ferrechio · January 25, 2019 8:17 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky leaves for the day after two Senate bills to ending the partial government shutdown fail on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.

Paralyzed Congress waits for Trump’s input on how to end the shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · January 25, 2019 5:18 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves the chamber after speaking about his plan to move a 1,300-page spending measure.

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Senate may move to speed up judicial confirmations

Susan Ferrechio · January 25, 2019 5:00 am

Vice President Mike Pence speaks at the 2019 March for Life dinner in Washington, Friday, Jan. 18, 2019.

Republican senators give Pence an ‘earful’ during private meeting about shutdown

Anna Giaritelli · January 25, 2019 1:53 am

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, standing with Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., left, and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, speak with reporters.

If you want a real budget deal, let Congress hold a real debate for a change

Washington Examiner · January 24, 2019 10:02 pm

President Trump speaks to the media before signing anti-human trafficking legislation, Wednesday Jan. 9, 2019, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. Behind him are Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, left, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker, and Eric Dreiband, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division.

White House open to short-term shutdown fix if it includes ‘large down payment’ on border wall

Melissa Quinn · January 24, 2019 10:00 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., returns to his office at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019. The Senate will vote on two competing proposals this week to end the partial government shutdown, but neither seems to have enough votes to advance.

Democrats block Trump’s plan to end shutdown, fund border wall

Susan Ferrechio · January 24, 2019 8:05 pm

President Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress.

Calls grow for Trump’s State of the Union to move Senate side

Daniel Chaitin · January 24, 2019 1:17 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is met by reporters as he arrives at the Capitol on the first morning of a partial government shutdown.

McConnell criticizes media for Covington Catholic coverage, accuses it of attacking and denigrating students

Susan Ferrechio · January 23, 2019 6:09 pm

President Donald Trump pauses at the steps of Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Saturday, Dec. 8, 2018. Trump is heading to the Army-Navy Football Game in Philadelphia.

What do Democrats care about? Helping people or hurting Trump?

Washington Examiner · January 23, 2019 4:57 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined by Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., left, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., second from right, and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, right, speaks with reporters about the confirmation for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, following a closed-door GOP policy meeting, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018.

How Senate Republicans can overcome Dems’ nominations blockade

Quin Hillyer · January 22, 2019 11:12 pm