Tag: Mitch McConnell

Bannon, now back at the helm of Breitbart News, loathes the Kentucky Republican. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Steve Bannon targets reliable Trump supporters in revolt against Mitch McConnell

David M. Drucker · October 12, 2017 4:01 am

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley's office said Wednesday he is reviewing the chamber's "blue slip" tradition. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Chuck Grassley’s office says he’s in charge of judicial nominee ‘blue slip’ tool, after Mitch McConnell pledges to kill it

Ryan Lovelace · October 11, 2017 6:43 pm

Senate Republicans, led by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, have so far failed to deliver on two major promises: Obamacare repeal and tax reform. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Beltway Confidential

Senate, having done virtually nothing all year, is on vacation again

Jason Pye · October 11, 2017 4:04 pm

A group of conservative organizations are calling on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his leadership team to step down. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Conservative groups call for Mitch McConnell’s ouster: ‘You have done nothing’

Susan Ferrechio · October 11, 2017 3:21 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Senate Republicans will now view the blue slip "as simply notification of how you're going to vote, not as an opportunity to blackball" a judicial nominee. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Mitch McConnell to scrap Senate’s ‘blue slip’ tool for obstructing judicial nominees

Ryan Lovelace · October 11, 2017 2:13 pm

Mitch McConnell Goes to the Mattresses for Trump’s Judicial Nominees

Fred Barnes · October 11, 2017 9:45 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is holding off a revolt by his loyal campaign contributors for now, even as other donors angry about Republican failures in Congress reject pleas for cash to support the party's 2018 campaign. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Mitch McConnell prevents donor revolt, but for how long?

David M. Drucker · October 11, 2017 4:01 am

Democrats, meanwhile, say the U.S. is giving up its "leadership" on climate change. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Energy and Environment

Republican leaders back EPA’s proposed repeal of Obama climate plan

John Siciliano · October 10, 2017 7:13 pm

"Democrats are under pressure from the left to oppose just about everything President Donald Trump touches -- even ideas they themselves used to promote," the Senate majority leader wrote. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Mitch McConnell: Democrats looking for excuses to oppose Trump on tax reform

Joseph Lawler · October 10, 2017 3:31 pm

"Sen. Corker is a valuable member of the Senate Republican caucus and he's also on the Budget committee and a particularly important player as we move to the floor on the budget next week and he's an important part of our team," McConnell said. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

Mitch McConnell deflects questions about Trump, Corker tensions

Al Weaver · October 9, 2017 6:16 pm

Puerto Rico's governor said that most businesses have shut down in the wake of the storm. He said that is putting the already fiscally shaky island under even more pressure. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti, File)

Puerto Rico warns island on brink of ‘massive liquidity crisis’

Pete Kasperowicz · October 9, 2017 11:34 am

Anti-abortion groups don’t want to ditch legislative filibuster

Robert King · October 9, 2017 4:01 am