Tag: Mitch McConnell

Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, has maintained the Republican Party is committed to bringing down the national debt, but timing is everything. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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John Cornyn: GOP hasn’t given up on reducing deficits and debt

Al Weaver · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

Republicans are pleading with Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D., to run for Senate after internal opposition research on state Sen. Tom Campbell, the leading Republican to run in his place, turned up troubling information. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

GOP worries North Dakota Senate race is lost without Kevin Cramer

David M. Drucker · February 13, 2018 5:01 am

Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., is said to be reconsidering his retirement from Congress, amid concerns that Marsha Blackburn, the Republican congresswoman vying for his seat, won't fare well in a general election. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Bob Corker re-evaluating his decision to retire instead of running for re-election in 2018: Report

Diana Stancy Correll · February 13, 2018 4:29 am

Senate Kicks off Immigration Debate

Haley Byrd · February 13, 2018 1:39 am

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., before his speech at the McConnell Center's Distinguished Speaker Series Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Louisville, Ky.

Bourbon bout: Chuck Schumer and Mitch McConnell lightheartedly spar over Brooklyn whiskey

Naomi Lim · February 13, 2018 1:28 am

Monday marked the first time in five years Senate lawmakers debated a major immigration reform measure. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Senate opens freewheeling immigration debate

Susan Ferrechio · February 13, 2018 12:37 am

Against the Filibuster

emmett-mcgroarty, jeff-bell · February 12, 2018 9:18 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's move to end debate on four amendments related to immigration means the Senate could finally hold a few votes on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell gets behind Trump’s immigration plan

Susan Ferrechio · February 12, 2018 9:01 pm

Republicans are increasingly open to a gas tax towards generating revenue for infrastructure improvements. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Beltway Confidential

To fix infrastructure, Republicans should raise the gas tax and repeal the Davis-Bacon Act

Tom Rogan · February 12, 2018 5:05 pm

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Can the ‘Supercommittee II’ fix Congress’ dysfunction?

Susan Ferrechio · February 12, 2018 5:01 am

Rep. Mark Meadows said the spending deal, in which Republicans agreed to more domestic spending in exchange for a massive bump in military funds, shows influence-peddling in Washington has grown worse, not better. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mark Meadows: ‘The swamp is obviously deeper’ in Washington under Trump

Steven Nelson · February 11, 2018 5:50 pm

Tiny Berea College’s $1 million tax reprieve shows how the sausage gets made

Joseph Lawler · February 11, 2018 12:01 am