Tag: Mitch McConnell

The Road Ahead: Congress Stares Down Its To-Do List

Haley Byrd · January 3, 2018 10:10 am

The White House has drawn a series of red lines around the reorganization of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programs, demanding that such legislation contain funding for a Southwest border wall, among other things. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg)

Immigration complicates Trump’s spending negotiations with Congress

Sarah Bedford, Gabby Morrongiello · January 3, 2018 5:01 am

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., said that one of the best actions by Congress last year was repealing the law's individual mandate that requires everyone to get health insurance or pay a fine, which was included in the tax reform legislation. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Steve Scalise wants to try again to repeal Obamacare

Robert King · January 2, 2018 5:40 pm

President Trump will meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at Camp David next weekend, where the three will huddle over legislative priorities for the new year. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Trump and GOP leaders face uncertainty over 2018 legislative agenda

Sarah Bedford · January 2, 2018 5:01 am

Democrats hope 2018 is the year they take back power from Trump

W. James Antle III · January 1, 2018 5:01 am

Millennials should push McConnell for healthcare reform in 2018

Katie Zehnder · January 1, 2018 5:01 am

The man behind all of these angry populist figures is Steve Bannon. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)

2017: The year angry populists rose to the top — and fell on their faces

Washington Examiner · December 31, 2017 5:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., wrote opinion pieces for both the Courier-Journal and the Lexington Herald-Leader to explain that the new tax impacting Berea College as a result of the tax overhaul spearheaded by GOP leadership should be pinned on the "hypocrisy coming from Senate Democrats." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell dukes it out with Kentucky newspapers over tax on Berea College

Daniel Chaitin · December 30, 2017 9:04 pm

Wisconsin Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson is trying to unseat Democratic incumbent Tammy Baldwin in the fall. He also senses frustration from the GOP base in Wisconsin over what is happening in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

‘White hot rage’ burning in GOP base over Obamacare repeal failure, says Wisconsin Senate candidate Kevin Nicholson

Emily Jashinsky · December 30, 2017 1:48 pm

President Trump met with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, House Speaker Paul Ryan, Vice President Mike Pence, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer earlier this month to discuss the spending bill. Trump will meet the bipartisan leaders next week as DACA talks begin. (Olivier Douliery/Pool via Bloomberg)

Trump to huddle with congressional leaders next week as DACA talks begin

Gabby Morrongiello · December 29, 2017 6:14 pm

These five — Kid Rock, Peyton Manning, Roy Moore, Joe Arpaio, and Paul Nehlen — have their differences with President Trump and each other, but all of them are easier to see as future Republican contenders after his nomination and election. (AP Photos)

5 faces of the Trump-era GOP

W. James Antle III · December 29, 2017 5:01 am

President Trump had a poor rate of Senate confirmations, but did get Neil Gorsuch confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Here Trump watches as Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy administers the judicial oath to Gorsuch in May. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

Just 58% of Trump nominees confirmed, 69% for Obama, 76% for Bush

Paul Bedard · December 28, 2017 5:11 pm