Tag: Mitch McConnell

The procedural move sets up a vote to proceed on Alexander Acosta's nomination to be labor secretary. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Mitch McConnell moves for vote on Labor pick Alexander Acosta

Sean Higgins · April 24, 2017 9:41 pm

If we don't get a change on appropriations soon, then we're probably going to get the nuclear option for appropriations bills before long. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Beltway Confidential

Nuclear option for appropriations bills? It’s probably only a matter of time

David Freddoso · April 24, 2017 7:41 pm

Steven Mnuchin and Gary Cohn, two of President Trump's top economic advisers, are headed to Capitol Hill Tuesday to discuss tax reform with Republican leaders. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mnuchin, Cohn head to Congress to prep tax plan rollout

Joseph Lawler · April 24, 2017 5:52 pm

The Evolution of Matt Bevin

Fred Lucas · April 21, 2017 6:30 am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., followed up Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions' confirmation as attorney general with a message of defiance to the country's top attorney. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jimmy Fallon scolds McConnell for shunning Elizabeth Warren: ‘How old are we now?’

Mandy Mayfield · April 19, 2017 5:23 am

"I've spoken to him, but he has not spoken to me," Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said of her recent interactions with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Elizabeth Warren says Mitch McConnell refuses to speak to her

Mandy Mayfield · April 15, 2017 9:30 pm

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Judicial Crisis Network runs ads thanking Trump, McConnell and Grassley for Gorsuch’s Supreme Court confirmation

Ryan Lovelace · April 13, 2017 2:27 pm

Schumer says Congress would be "dubious of large-scale military action" and "military action generally." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Schumer: Congress unlikely to approve resolution authorizing military action

Susan Ferrechio · April 11, 2017 4:25 pm

Increasing tensions with Moscow over U.S. strikes on Syria have complicated the Democrats' argument that President Trump is too close to Russia, even as congressional committees continue to investigate Russian interference in the presidential election and any collusion with the Trump campaign. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, pool)

National Security

Syria fight upends Trump’s image as Russia ally

W. James Antle III · April 11, 2017 4:01 am

McConnell Masterful In Gorsuch Maneuver, and What’s to Come for the Court

TWS Podcast · April 10, 2017 7:55 pm

"The map alone will not secure the majority," McConnell said. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

McConnell warns low Trump approval ratings imperil GOP majority

David M. Drucker · April 10, 2017 5:28 pm

Trump's action against Syria was reassuring to Republicans that he was rejecting his isolationist tendencies. (White House via AP)

National Security

With Syria strike, Trump reassures Republicans on Russia

David M. Drucker · April 8, 2017 2:44 pm