Tag: Mitch McConnell

"This is a body that requires cooperation ... that cooperation has not been there for this bipartisan bill." (AP)

McConnell moves to end debate on ‘fast track’ trade bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 20, 2015 12:51 am

Although Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., opposes theÂ USA Freedom Act, heÂ announced Tuesday he will allow a vote on the measure. (Getty Image)

McConnell bends on NSA

Susan Ferrechio · May 19, 2015 8:08 pm

Mitch McConnell is planning to huddle with GOP rank-and-file and could make a decision on surveillance reform today, GOP aides told theÂ Washington Examiner. (AP Photo)Â

McConnell under increasing pressure to back NSA reform bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 19, 2015 4:11 pm

"The Senate will finish its work on trade this week, and ... remain in session as long as it takes to do so." (Getty)

Legislative scramble as Congress heads to recess

Susan Ferrechio · May 19, 2015 9:00 am

Mitch McConnell meets with reporters following a Republican policy luncheon, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

McConnell: ‘Nobody at NSA’ ‘listening to your phone calls’

Barbara Boland · May 17, 2015 4:49 pm

McConnell to Stephanopoulos: ‘We’ll Pass’ Obama’s Trade Deal ‘This Week’

McConnell to Stephanopoulos: ‘We’ll Pass’ Obama’s Trade Deal ‘This Week’

Daniel Halper · May 17, 2015 1:47 pm

White House deputy press secretary Eric Schultz speaks during the daily news briefing at the White House in Washington, Friday, May 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

White House calls on Senate to pass spying reforms

Susan Crabtree · May 15, 2015 8:21 pm

Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell speaks to the media during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol April 14, 2015 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

Senate advances ‘Fast Track’ trade bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 14, 2015 7:04 pm

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich.,Â saidÂ "It's true that the bill ends the phone dragnet as we currently know it -- by having the phone companies themselves hold, search, and analyze certain data at the request of the government, which is worse in many ways given the broader set of data the companies hold -- but H.R. 2048 actually expands the statutory basis for the large-scale collection of most data."

Beltway Confidential

Why did so many libertarians vote against a bill that’s supposed to rein in the NSA?

W. James Antle III · May 14, 2015 6:54 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. speaks to reporters. (AP Photo)

Senate reaches trade deal

Susan Ferrechio · May 13, 2015 7:24 pm

Democrats block Obama on trade

Democrats block Obama on trade

Susan Ferrechio · May 12, 2015 7:14 pm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. applauds as President Barack Obama makes the thumbs up sign as he arrives to speak at AARP in Washington, Monday, Feb. 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Progressive group: Obama is tougher on Elizabeth Warren than Mitch McConnell

Ryan Lovelace · May 12, 2015 6:31 pm