Tag: Mitch McConnell

Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet Yellen expressed skepticism about using the funds to fund highway spending in congressional testimony last week, telling Senate Banking Committee Chairman Richard Shelby, R-Ala., that she worried about the "unintended consequences" of lowering the dividend. Shelby also indicated opposition to using the dividend as a pay-for.

Highway bill would cut dividends paid by Fed to banks

Joseph Lawler · July 21, 2015 10:09 pm

âWe need to keep at it,â McConnell said, after the bill failed to move through the Senate. (Washington Examiner File Photo)

McConnell vows weekend work on six-year highway bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 21, 2015 10:02 pm

Dems stopped the measure from moving to the Senate, even though it was co-authored by Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. (Getty)

Democrats block bipartisan highway funding bill

Susan Ferrechio · July 21, 2015 9:20 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,Â brokered aÂ long-term highway funding measure withÂ top Democrat on the Environment and Public Works Committee, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif. (Graeme Jennings/WEX)

Senate highway deal faces roadblocks

Susan Ferrechio · July 21, 2015 7:37 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced a deal to authorize highway funding for the next six years. (AP Photo)

McConnell announces six-year highway funding deal

Susan Ferrechio · July 21, 2015 5:10 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton got into a tiff about who's playing the "gender card." (AP Photo)

Mitch McConnell, Hillary Clinton argue about the ‘gender card’

Kelly Cohen · July 21, 2015 12:35 pm

The Senate this week will try to pass a five-year highway funding bill. (iStock Photo)

Congress faces highway funding impasse as deadline nears

Susan Ferrechio · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, DC. (Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Haspel)

Senate, once again, looks to bring back CISA

Charlie Mitchell · July 20, 2015 4:01 am

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., is lead sponsor in the Senate, where it's unlikely to get the 60 votes required to pass. (AP Photo)Â

Senate plans vote on 20-week abortion ban

Paige Winfield Cunningham · July 15, 2015 10:18 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., joined by from left, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wy., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas., speaks to media after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 8, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Beltway Confidential

Cruz and Cuccinelli call on McConnell to block Ex-Im votes

Timothy P. Carney · July 15, 2015 4:54 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that lawmakers await receiving the "full transmission" of the 100-plus page agreement.Â (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

McConnell promises to ‘thoroughly review’ Iran nuke deal

Susan Ferrechio · July 15, 2015 2:39 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner react to the Iran nuclear deal. (AP Photo)

National Security

‘All options were not on the table’: Republican leaders denounce Iran deal

Susan Ferrechio · July 14, 2015 2:38 pm