Tag: Mitch McConnell

Members: Ryan crushed it at the GOP retreat

Members: Ryan crushed it at the GOP retreat

Susan Ferrechio · January 18, 2016 5:01 am

Paul Ryan, R-Wis., briefed reporters alongside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the GOP annual retreat, where lawmakers plotted their 2016 legislative agenda. (AP Photo)

Ryan pledges to support a Trump or Cruz nomination

Susan Ferrechio · January 14, 2016 8:17 pm

House and Senate Republican lawmakers will gather for a joint retreat in Baltimore that begins on Thursday. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House, Senate GOP looking for unity at Baltimore retreat

Susan Ferrechio · January 14, 2016 5:01 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said "It's now many years later, and the Obama ... campaign never really ended." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell: The Obama campaign ‘never really ended’

Pete Kasperowicz · January 12, 2016 4:00 pm

On the job barely 12 weeks, Nikki Haley has become a driving force in Trump's move to reassert American leadership abroad. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

A test for Nikki Haley

David M. Drucker · January 12, 2016 6:11 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will bring a former coal miner as his guest to Tuesday night's State of the Union address. (AP File Photo)

Energy and Environment

McConnell to bring coal miner to State of the Union

Kyle Feldscher · January 11, 2016 11:52 pm

McConnell and Ryan: Two different paths to November

Philip Klein · January 11, 2016 5:01 am

On Tuesday, Republican Sen. Charles Grassley took to the floor to implore his GOP colleagues not to change the filibuster. (AP Photo)

Dentures and Smokey the Bear: Lawmakers target ‘trivial’ crime policies

Susan Ferrechio · January 11, 2016 5:01 am

White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have different hopes for the State of the Union address. (AP file photos)

Competing visions for Obama’s State of the Union

Paige Winfield Cunningham · January 10, 2016 5:14 pm

After years of struggling, Republican leaders decided to work across the aisle to win enough votes to move legislation in each chamber. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

How 2015 became the year of compromise in Congress

Susan Ferrechio · December 28, 2015 5:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said "It's now many years later, and the Obama ... campaign never really ended." (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

McConnell defends ‘big compromise’ with Dems on spending

Pete Kasperowicz · December 20, 2015 3:40 pm

McConnell: Senate has been ‘restored’ to ‘high purpose’

McConnell: Senate has been ‘restored’ to ‘high purpose’

Curt Mills · December 19, 2015 4:55 pm