Tag: Mitch McConnell

"Obviously, Mr. Bannon has the right to support whomever he wants to support but I think his rhetoric is exactly what the American people are tired of." (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Susan Collins rips Steve Bannon for saying he would target Republicans who support Mitch McConnell

Naomi Lim · October 15, 2017 4:29 pm

Steve Bannon and his fellow insurgents are plotting against Sen. Mitch McConnell, (pictured) but the senators they would prefer hold sway over the Senate aren't interested in the top job. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Insurgency against Mitch McConnell could falter for lack of alternative

David M. Drucker · October 15, 2017 4:01 am

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks at a rally for U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2017, in Montgomery, Ala. Bannon took the stage to introduce Moore as supporters waving flags cheered Tuesday night. Bannon declared Moore's win a victory for Trump, despite the president's support for Sen. Luther Strange. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Steve Bannon criticizes Republican senators for not condemning Bob Corker

Robert King · October 14, 2017 4:20 pm

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon speaks at a rally for U.S. Senate hopeful Roy Moore, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, in Fairhope, Ala. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Steve Bannon: Trump will win 400 electoral votes in 2020

Daniel Chaitin · October 14, 2017 4:04 pm

Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., gestures during an interview in his offices at the school in Lynchburg, Va.

Jerry Falwell Jr: I told Trump he needs to start calling some in the GOP ‘fake Republicans’

Caitlin Yilek · October 14, 2017 2:49 pm

Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore's first speech at the Values Voter Summit was mainly based on poetry commentary. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

Front runner in Alabama Senate race, Roy Moore, reads pastoral poetry

Philip Wegmann · October 13, 2017 10:58 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky, said he is "committed to working with the Trump administration to constrain Iran's support for terrorism and proxy militias, impede the threat of ballistic missiles and deny Iran the path to a nuclear weapon." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Mitch McConnell: Trump’s Iran move was ‘appropriate’

Susan Ferrechio · October 13, 2017 9:31 pm

The Freedom Caucus blew up healthcare the first time around, and they briefly held tax reform hostage by holding up the House budget resolution. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows, the Freedom Caucus, and rebranding congressional obstruction

Philip Wegmann · October 13, 2017 4:50 pm

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, announced she will remain in the U.S. Senate and not run for governor. (AP Photo/David Sharp)

Mitch McConnell praises Susan Collins’ decision to stay in the Senate despite her ‘no’ votes on healthcare reform

Al Weaver · October 13, 2017 4:43 pm

The Fractured GOP

Fred Barnes · October 13, 2017 7:00 am

Former South Dakota Sen. Tom Daschle is wrong to say that Republicans politicized the judicial nomination process. (AP Photo/Dirk Lammers)

Beltway Confidential

Tom Daschle rewrites history to defend Senate Democrats who are Borking Trump’s judicial nominees

Margot Cleveland · October 12, 2017 11:18 pm

White House chief of staff John Kelly said the reason President Trump didn't sign the executive order earlier is because the contents of the order would have been addressed in legislation to overhaul Obamacare. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Kelly: Obamacare repeal effort likely to return in spring

Robert King · October 12, 2017 6:53 pm