Tag: Mitch McConnell

President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and other members of congress, speaks during an event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2017, to acknowledge the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by congress.

No excuse for Republicans not to cut spending now

Washington Examiner · April 5, 2018 10:26 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he didn't agree with Trump's comments, but avoided saying whether he thought the comments were racist. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

Mitch McConnell on 2018 midterms: ‘The wind is going to be in our face’

Al Weaver · April 4, 2018 3:49 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.

Beltway Confidential

Trump’s demand for tough border bill faces big hurdles in Congress

Al Weaver · April 4, 2018 4:01 am

Beltway Confidential

‘It sucks:’ The Senate, the world’s greatest deliberative body, no longer deliberates

David Davenport · April 2, 2018 7:45 pm

Beltway Confidential

Will GOP voters stay home in 2018? You would think

Adam Brandon · March 30, 2018 4:05 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, watches as President Donald Trump, center, greets House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., right, as he arrives to speak at the 2018 House and Senate Republican Member Conference at The Greenbrier, in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018. The three worked to break 20 years of gridlock on appropriations bills.

Washington Secrets

Storm clouds: More say tax cuts hurt than help, Trump voters scorn Ryan, McConnell

Paul Bedard · March 30, 2018 12:06 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he and other Republicans in Congress are concerned that President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports might metastasize into a larger trade war and injure "an economy that appears to be taking off," during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

Beltway Confidential

Mitch McConnell promised to fix the broken Senate. Instead, it’s only gotten worse.

James Wallner · March 29, 2018 4:52 pm

Demonstrators march during an immigration rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status programs on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. Republicans will need Democratic help in Jan. 2018 to pass the omnibus spending bill, and that's where Democrats can use their leverage. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

New poll suggests Democrats are growing their lead in generic 2018 ballot

Katie Leach · March 27, 2018 7:26 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2015, file photo, hemp plants tower above researchers who tend to them at a research farm in Lexington, Ky. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday, March 26, 2018, he wants to bring hemp production back into the mainstream by removing it from the controlled substances list that now associates it with marijuana, its illicit cousin.

Mitch McConnell will introduce a bill to greenlight hemp production

Susan Ferrechio · March 26, 2018 6:04 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., joined from left by Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, meets with reporters following a closed-door Republican strategy session on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Republicans are making it harder to confirm Trump’s nominees

James Wallner · March 26, 2018 3:39 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, a key member of the group, are trying to avoid lawmakers adding money to the resolution as they work on the tax legislation.

Beltway Confidential

Conservatives fear a missed opportunity on funding for the border wall

Al Weaver · March 25, 2018 4:00 am

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 passes $1.3 trillion spending bill to avoid Saturday shutdown

Susan Ferrechio · March 23, 2018 12:34 am