Tag: Mitch McConnell

"This had been a year of extraordinary accomplishment by any objective standard," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said during his year-end press conference at the Capitol. (Screenshot)

Mitch McConnell: 2017 a year of ‘extraordinary accomplishment’

Al Weaver · December 22, 2017 4:12 pm

House Speaker Paul Ryan suggested revisiting the Obamacare issue as early as January. "At the end of the day, we've got to go after the root cause—health care inflation and entitlements. Welfare reform is going to be our next lift." (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Paul Ryan wants to tackle entitlements, healthcare, and welfare in 2018

Philip Klein · December 22, 2017 3:20 pm

The Kentucky Republican was candid about challenges Republicans face next year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell ready to defend Senate majority from Democrats — and Steve Bannon

David M. Drucker · December 22, 2017 5:01 am

White House officials declined to make their rosy reflections on the record, but stressed the passage of 81 pieces of legislation crowned by this week's tax cut bill, which also repeals Obamacare's individual mandate and opens an Alaska wildlife refuge to oil drilling. (Cezary p for Wikimedia Commons)

White House celebrates 2017, teases reporters: ‘Hope you like your tax cut or bonus’

Steven Nelson · December 21, 2017 10:51 pm

"We'll have to take a look at what that looks like with a 51-49 Senate," Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: Senate will ‘move on’ from Obamacare repeal in 2018

Robert King · December 21, 2017 8:00 pm

Are House Speaker Paul Ryan (left) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (right) perfect? Of course not. McConnell, especially, can be imperious and tone deaf. But both of them are accomplished leaders who have contributed much to conservatism and country, with this new tax law being just the latest proof. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Beltway Confidential

After tax reform, maybe Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell aren’t so bad after all

Quin Hillyer · December 21, 2017 7:53 pm

Ben Rhodes, former deputy national security adviser to President Barack Obama, tweeted that an Oval Office photo-op celebrating tax reform should be used "alongside the obits for Ryan, McConnell, and Pence." (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Beltway Confidential

Why is a senior Obama aide fantasizing about the deaths of Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, and Mitch McConnell?

Philip Wegmann · December 21, 2017 3:16 pm

Steve Bannon was one of the few in the conservative sphere to back Republican candidate Roy Moore despite allegations of sexual assault and misconduct. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Mitch McConnell dismisses Steve Bannon: ‘I don’t have anything to say about him at all’

Al Weaver · December 21, 2017 2:39 pm

White House Watch: Trump Wins Tax Reform!

Michael Warren · December 21, 2017 9:55 am

Republicans celebrated on the south lawn of the White House Wednesday to acknowledge the final passage of tax overhaul legislation by Congress. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

GOP’s next act: Selling tax cuts to skeptical voters

Al Weaver · December 21, 2017 5:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., presented President Trump with a baseball bat Wednesday, celebrating a "home run" on tax reform legislation and their commitment to go "to bat for the middle class." (Office of Sen. Mitch McConnell)

Trump gets Louisville Slugger with his name on it from Mitch McConnell to celebrate tax reform

Daniel Chaitin · December 21, 2017 4:29 am

Congress Punts Bills to Prop Up Obamacare to 2018

John McCormack · December 20, 2017 10:25 pm