Tag: Mitch McConnell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., took aim at Schumer and his Democratic colleagues for "complaining" about James Comey's removal for "many of the very reasons" they had been complaining about over the past six months. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Next week: Congress returns to immigration stalemate

Susan Ferrechio · June 2, 2018 1:00 pm

President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., have come together since last summer's disunity.

McConnell ‘not happy’ with Trump’s trade war

Al Weaver · June 1, 2018 8:52 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,smiles and speaks to reporters as he is joined by Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., following a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill.

Cutting the August recess could be a win-win for Senate GOP

Susan Ferrechio · June 1, 2018 4:00 pm

President Donald Trump congratulates Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., while House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., watches to acknowledge the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by Congress at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017.

Trump stops pummeling congressional Republicans

David M. Drucker · May 31, 2018 11:50 pm

President Trump, escorted by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (pictured left), R-Ky., arrives on Capitol Hill.

McConnell: ‘Premature’ to discuss Trump for Nobel Prize

Al Weaver · May 29, 2018 6:18 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Democratic leaders "have continually found new excuses" not to meet with the administration to discuss important issues such as tax reform and government funding. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republican high noon: Time for a Capitol Hill showdown

Washington Examiner · May 29, 2018 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows: House Freedom Caucus moving to give DACA recipients citizenship

Anna Giaritelli · May 27, 2018 4:16 pm

House subcommittee of Federal Workforce,US Postal Service and the Census Chairman Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, holds up a letter about sequestration effects, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 19, 2013, during a joint hearing on sequestration held by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee's subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs, and the subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and the Census.

Congress struggles to police itself on sexual harassment

Susan Ferrechio · May 27, 2018 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Obamacare repeal effort quietly poised for success

Quin Hillyer · May 25, 2018 9:29 pm

Republican Senate leadership holds a press conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2017.

Senate fiscal hawks pressure McConnell with bill to cut $15B in unused funding

Susan Ferrechio · May 25, 2018 6:17 pm

"I think because of all the loose political rhetoric floating around here, we need to make sure we explain that there is a separation between these things," Ryan said of the memo and the Russia investigation during a Jan. 30 press conference.

Beltway Confidential

GOP leaders scramble for deal to avoid immigration vote showdown

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio · May 24, 2018 4:00 am

Senate plans vote to hold lawmakers liable for sexual harassment settlements

Susan Ferrechio · May 22, 2018 6:53 pm