Tag: Mitch McConnell

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

Mitch McConnell hedges on tax cut vote

Susan Ferrechio · April 17, 2018 7:10 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., far left, with from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, meet with reporters following weekly policy luncheons to answer questions on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 20, 2018.

Senate moves to strike down CFPB auto lending regulation

Joseph Lawler · April 17, 2018 7:10 pm

"We should not be banning guns from law-abiding citizens," Paul Ryan said after a closed-door meeting with Republicans Tuesday. "We should be focusing on making sure citizens who should not be getting guns in the first place don't get those guns."

Beltway Confidential

Republicans’ behind-the-scenes fight to replace Paul Ryan

Susan Ferrechio · April 17, 2018 4:00 am

Republican Don Blankenship, who lost his Senate primary, is trying to sue his way onto the general election ballot in West Virginia.

Fearing grassroots backlash, GOP relies on outside group to hit Blankenship in West Virginia

David M. Drucker · April 16, 2018 9:56 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

National Security

Mitch McConnell: ‘It was time to act’ against Assad

Susan Ferrechio · April 16, 2018 8:51 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., left, and Ranking Member Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., right, sit during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Senate fast-tracks military nominees while civilians wait

Travis J. Tritten · April 14, 2018 4:00 am

Damascus is seen as the U.S. launches an attack on Syria targeting different parts of the capital early Saturday. Syria's capital has been rocked by loud explosions that lit up the sky with heavy smoke as President Trump announced airstrikes in retaliation for the country's alleged use of chemical weapons.

Syria strike won’t prompt war vote in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · April 14, 2018 3:53 am

Paul Ryan.

National Security

Paul Ryan: Trump took ‘decisive action’ in Syria

Al Weaver · April 14, 2018 3:13 am

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks with the Washington Examiner in his office on Capitol Hill.

Beltway Confidential

Jim Jordan for speaker? Not so fast, GOP members say

Al Weaver · April 13, 2018 5:12 pm

Summer Zervos and Donald Trump.

Beltway Confidential

Jim Jordan can’t win, but Kevin McCarthy can lose the race for speaker of the House

Philip Wegmann · April 13, 2018 4:44 pm

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, accompanied by House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016. The Republican leaders announced the formation of six committee-led task forces charged with developing agendas on national security, tax reform, jobs, health care reform, elimination of poverty, and more. Ryan also pledged that House Republicans will schedule time this year to vote on legislation reforming the criminal justice system.

Kevin McCarthy: GOP pushing for vote to slash federal spending

Susan Ferrechio · April 13, 2018 4:27 pm

Freedom Caucus Chairman and member of the House Select Committee on Benghazi Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, is interviewed at the conclusion of the hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015.

Beltway Confidential

House Freedom Caucus co-founder Jim Jordan ‘open to running’ for speaker

Anna Giaritelli, Al Weaver · April 13, 2018 3:15 pm