Tag: Mitch McConnell

Senate GOP leaders may be able to rest easy in the next elections. From left, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

After House bolts for summer, Senate plows ahead on nominations, spending bills, and a hearing on Russian bots

Susan Ferrechio · July 28, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump speaks to members of the media as he meets with members of Congress in the Cabinet Room of the White House on Tuesday in Washington.

Trump calls on McConnell to keep Senate in session until all ‘good people’ are ‘approved’

Caitlin Yilek · July 28, 2018 1:10 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tells reporters he intends to cancel the traditional August recess and keep the Senate in session to deal with backlogged tasks, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 5, 2018.

McConnell praises postponing Putin, says wall funding will wait

Susan Ferrechio · July 27, 2018 9:22 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Trump ‘willing to be patient’ on border wall funding, says Paul Ryan

Susan Ferrechio · July 27, 2018 4:00 am

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Trump critics among the least popular senators in the country

W. James Antle III · July 25, 2018 6:29 pm

National Security

Mitch McConnell threatens Russia with sanctions legislation

Susan Ferrechio · July 24, 2018 7:16 pm

Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh, center, walks to the office of Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., for a meeting Tuesday, July 17, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Kavanaugh comes knocking but Democrats won’t meet with him

Susan Ferrechio · July 24, 2018 4:00 am

Sarah Sanders and Chuck Schumer

Sarah Sanders slams Chuck Schumer for playing ‘political games’ with Brett Kavanaugh nomination

Melissa Quinn · July 23, 2018 7:21 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, left, speaks to the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 17, 2018. McConnell says there is "indisputable evidence" Russia tried to affect the 2016 presidential election. He says the Senate understands the "Russia threat" and that is the "widespread view here in the United States Senate among members of both parties."

Mitch McConnell pulls vote on Trump judicial pick Ryan Bounds, declares nomination dead

Naomi Lim · July 19, 2018 7:25 pm

McConnell: Russia Is Not Our Friend

Jenna Lifhits · July 17, 2018 8:38 pm

President Trump listens to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018.

GOP leaders mostly dodge criticism of Trump after summit bombshell

Susan Ferrechio · July 16, 2018 9:42 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leaves a news conference with Republican leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington.

McConnell aiming to confirm Brett Kavanaugh by October

Diana Stancy Correll · July 13, 2018 11:20 pm