Tag: Mitch McConnell

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks to reporters before the vote to confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, April 7, 2017. The Republican majority changed Senate rules to lower the vote threshold for Supreme Court nominees from 60 votes to a simple majority to counter Democratic resistance. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell: Vacant Supreme Court seat won the election for Trump

David M. Drucker · April 7, 2017 9:27 pm

now that the Senate has confirmed Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, it's worth saying that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell deserves a lot of credit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Mitch McConnell deserves credit for Justice Gorsuch

Philip Klein · April 7, 2017 4:33 pm

"I think the president had the authority to do what he did," said McConnell, R-Ky. "And I'm glad he did it." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

McConnell: Trump had authority for strikes

Susan Ferrechio · April 7, 2017 4:01 pm

McConnell says he will still back incumbent Orrin Hatch in Utah if he decides to run again. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

McConnell had ‘conversations’ with Mitt Romney about Senate run

Susan Ferrechio · April 7, 2017 3:42 pm

Mitch McConnell on Friday merely cleared away some of the rubble of destruction they left in their wake. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Reid killed rules, Gorsuch can help save laws

Washington Examiner · April 7, 2017 4:01 am

After spending weeks trying to pass a healthcare bill, Congress will at last able to deliver on a promise. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Gorsuch vote finally gives GOP Congress a win

Susan Ferrechio · April 7, 2017 4:01 am

Derek Kan is general manager for Lyft's Southern California region. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

Trump picks Lyft employee for top Transportation post

Anna Giaritelli · April 7, 2017 1:41 am

Every GOP Senator Votes to Kill the Filibuster for Supreme Court Nominees

John McCormack · April 6, 2017 6:10 pm

Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn insisted the GOP's decision to enact the "nuclear option" to kill the filibuster of Supreme Court nominees was a return to the status quo. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

John Cornyn amid ‘nuclear option’ fallout: ‘We have restored the status quo’

Ryan Lovelace · April 6, 2017 5:28 pm

The Democratic Party has committed itself to total obstructionism under the Trump administration. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Senate GOP, McConnell made the right decision with ‘nuclear option’

Emily Jashinsky · April 6, 2017 4:54 pm

Revenge for Merrick Garland is the most intellectually respectable argument Democrats have for opposing Gorsuch. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

The Garland nomination, and why elections matter

David Freddoso · April 6, 2017 4:33 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell led the GOP majority to change Senate rules and lower the vote threshold for Supreme Court nominees from 60 votes to a simple majority in order to advance Neil Gorsuch to a confirmation vote. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Republicans invoke ‘nuclear option’ to move Neil Gorsuch nomination

Susan Ferrechio · April 6, 2017 4:02 pm