Tag: Mitch McConnell

Beltway Confidential

Does Mitch McConnell own a gun? His campaign won’t say

Charlie Spiering · March 10, 2014 12:00 am

President Obama signs the Export-Import Bank Act of 2012, which reauthorized the agency, on May 30, 2012, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

GOP can make 2014 elections a referendum on corporate welfare

Timothy P. Carney · March 8, 2014 5:00 am

Matt Bevin, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks to a gathering at the Spencer County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner on Feb. 7 in Fisherville, Ky. (AP/Timothy D. Easley)

One of the Tea Party’s biggest problems is the Republican establishment

Star Parker · March 7, 2014 5:00 am

McConnell Opposes Cop-Killer Advocate

McConnell Opposes Cop-Killer Advocate

Daniel Halper · March 5, 2014 12:06 pm

The Other Kentucky Derby

John McCormack · March 3, 2014 5:00 am

Democratic Senate challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes left, speaks with former Presidet Bill Clinton as they are introduced at a fundraiser at the Galt House Hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Bill Clinton lends Alison Lundergan Grimes star power in Kentucky Senate race

Rebecca Berg · February 28, 2014 5:00 am

With conservative and liberal activists critical of the Internal Revenue Service regulations for nonprofit groups, the spotlight is shifting to new IRS commissioner John Koskinen, who is under pressure not to finalize regulations that would circumscribe the political activity of groups such as Tea Party organizations. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Spotlight on IRS commissioner as political activity regulations provoke record outcry

Joel Gehrke · February 28, 2014 5:00 am

Special Report Panel on Clinton and Kentucky

Special Report Panel on Clinton and Kentucky

Daniel Halper · February 26, 2014 2:44 pm

Democratic Senate challenger Alison Lundergan Grimes left, speaks with former Presidet Bill Clinton as they are introduced at a fundraiser at the Galt House Hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Bill Clinton rakes in $700,000 for Alison Lundergan Grimes

Rebecca Berg · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

Kentucky Republican Senate candidate Matt Bevin speaks at the Spencer County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner in Fisherville, Ky., on Feb. 7. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Tea Party groups backing Matt Bevin on defensive over candidate’s past TARP support

David M. Drucker · February 26, 2014 5:00 am

In Kentucky, the tea party-backed challenger to Sen. Mitch McConnell is trying to explain old investor letters that recently surfaced, undermining his criticisms of government bailouts of banks. (AP Photo/Stephen Lance Dennee, File)

Senators hit rivals hard and fast in GOP primaries

Charles Babington · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Mitch McConnell, left, blamed the hold up on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and President Obama, who he said are insisting tax reform produce $1 trillion in new revenue. (AP Photo)

Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid pull plug on 2014 tax reform

Susan Ferrechio · February 25, 2014 5:00 am