Tag: Mitch McConnell

"I don't remember saying anything like that to all of you," McConnell said with a smirk after a reporter asked him to confirm he'd said whether Senate Republicans would drop Donald Trump "like a hot rock" if he won the nomination. He emphasized the phrase "to all of you." (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

GOP leaders intensify attacks on Trump

Susan Ferrechio · March 1, 2016 8:44 pm

President Obama will meet with both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Tuesday to discuss the seat vacated by late Justice Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House suggests Supreme Court pick in mid-March

Pete Kasperowicz · February 29, 2016 6:38 pm

McConnell has prepared an alternate plan to run Republican Senate candidates separately from Donald Trump. (AP File Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell on Trump: ‘We’ll drop him like a hot rock’

Curt Mills · February 27, 2016 4:41 pm

Mitch McConnell has said any Supreme Court nominee proposed by President Obama, who is in the last year of his final term, should not be confirmed. (AP Photo)

McConnell, Grassley say Obama meeting won’t change their minds

Curt Mills · February 25, 2016 10:22 pm

Senate Minority Whip John Cornyn, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid were a part of a Senate debate C-SPAN labeled as a "tribute" to the late Justice Antonin Scalia. (AP Photo/Larry Downing, Pool)

Senate ‘tribute’ to Scalia devolves into partisan bickering

Pete Kasperowicz · February 25, 2016 7:41 pm

Obama also insisted Republicans do not seem fully committed to their decision to not hold hearings. "They're pretty sheepish about it," he said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama predicts GOP will cave on high court pick

Susan Crabtree · February 24, 2016 6:11 pm

SCOTUS, lies, and videotape

SCOTUS, lies, and videotape

Washington Examiner · February 24, 2016 5:01 am

McConnell emphasized to conservatives that he won't allow Obama to name Scalia's replacement. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell uses Supreme Court fight to shore up right flank

Joel Gehrke · February 24, 2016 3:59 am

"And every time that nominee comes to the Capitol I'm going to watch just to see if Sen. McConnell and Republicans run for cover for fear they are going to get photographs taken with the nominee that they rejected without even meeting," Dick Durbin promised. (AP Photo)

Senate Dems ready to rumble over Supreme Court snub

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2016 9:15 pm

Mitch McConnell and the nine leaders of the House Freedom Caucus are also likely to discuss the upcoming budget fight. (AP Photo)

McConnell to meet with House conservatives who pushed Boehner out

Joel Gehrke · February 23, 2016 8:47 pm

Thirty-four senators and 171 representatives signed on to an amicus brief filed with the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the 29 states and numerous interest groups that are trying to block the Clean Power Plan. (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

200 lawmakers ask court to block Clean Power Plan

Kyle Feldscher · February 23, 2016 4:29 pm

McConnell: Senate will ‘withhold’ consent of Obama’s Supreme Court nominee

McConnell: Senate will ‘withhold’ consent of Obama’s Supreme Court nominee

Susan Ferrechio · February 23, 2016 3:42 pm