Tag: Mitch McConnell

This photo combination shows, from left, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, left, Republican presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas, and Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul, of Kentucky. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall/Nati Harnik/Carloyn Kaster)

Will rare Senate session allow Cruz, Paul to bust Trump?

Barbara Boland · July 26, 2015 8:10 pm

Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, listens during a Senate Armed Services Committee on July 21, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Senate easily blocks Obamacare repeal, setting up Monday GOP showdown

Susan Ferrechio · July 26, 2015 7:54 pm

Kentucky Senators Rand Paul, left, and Mitch McConnell address the media during a press conference following McConnell's victory in the republican primary Friday, May 23, 2014, in Louisville, Ky.

Rand Paul defies McConnell to defund Planned Parenthood

Barbara Boland · July 25, 2015 5:26 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took steps to speed up consideration of legislation to defund Planned Parenthood. (AP Photo)

McConnell opens path to defunding Planned Parenthood

Susan Ferrechio · July 24, 2015 6:37 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, followed by Senate Majority Whip, John Cornyn, R-TX, arrive at a press conference on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 21. 2015. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Mitch McConnell clears a path to restart the Export-Import Bank

Timothy P. Carney · July 24, 2015 3:18 pm

Sen. Ted Cruz accused Senate majority leader of lying about whether there was a secret agreement to allow a vote on an amendment to extend the Export-Import Bank. (AP Photo)

Cruz accuses McConnell of ‘flat-out’ lying

Susan Ferrechio · July 24, 2015 3:06 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell rolled out a new game plan for passing a highway bill. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

McConnell shifts highway/Ex-Im Bank logistics, includes Obamacare repeal vote

Timothy P. Carney · July 24, 2015 1:56 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell walks away after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)

McConnell demands details of Iran ‘side deals’

Susan Ferrechio · July 23, 2015 2:52 pm

Senators voted 62-36 to begin debate on a $47 billion measure authorizing surface infrastructure projects for six years.Â (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Senate advances six-year highway funding measure

Susan Ferrechio · July 23, 2015 12:47 am

"For the second quarter in a row, the Congress is soaring over the very low bar set by its predecessors," said Jason Grumet, founder and president of the Bipartisan Policy Center. "We're actually starting to see results." (Graeme Jennings/WEX)

Study: Congress’s productivity on the rise

Daniel Chaitin · July 22, 2015 10:51 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, walks with Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., toward the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 12, 2015. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP leader: House won’t take up Senate highway funding bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 22, 2015 4:19 pm

Both Democrats and Republicans say that selling off some of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which contained nearly 694 million barrels of oil as of June 26, according to McConnell's office, could help pay for other priorities.Â (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Energy and Environment

Republicans eye emergency oil supply as a piggybank

Zack Colman · July 22, 2015 4:01 am