Tag: Mitch McConnell

2022 will loom over Democrats as they try to pass infrastructure and tax hike legislation

Susan Ferrechio · April 1, 2021 10:30 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), left, and Vice President Joe Biden, walk through Statuary Hall on their way to a joint session of Congress to count the votes in Washington, Friday, Jan. 6, 2017. It's official: Congress has tallied the Electoral College votes and Donald Trump has been elected president.

Biden called McConnell about $2 trillion infrastructure plan after weeks of silence

Katherine Doyle · March 31, 2021 7:11 pm

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Lawyer to presidents, Bobby Burchfield shifts to promoting ‘civil discussion’

Paul Bedard · March 30, 2021 1:04 pm

Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) speaks to the press at the Capitol in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Kentucky legislators override veto on bill curbing governor’s power to fill Senate vacancy

Haley Victory Smith · March 30, 2021 3:37 am

Republicans narrow their blame on Biden

Naomi Lim · March 29, 2021 10:30 am

Biden says my way or the highway on transparency and bipartisanship

Biden says my way or the highway on transparency and bipartisanship

W. James Antle III · March 29, 2021 12:00 am

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Planned Parenthood ‘illegally’ took $83 million in coronavirus stimulus: Senators

Paul Bedard · March 26, 2021 1:34 pm

Not getting along: Pelosi calls McConnell ‘Senator what’s-his-name’

Susan Ferrechio · March 25, 2021 8:56 pm

Former Vice President Joe Biden said he and former President Barack Obama often struggled with whether to speak publicly about Russia's interference in the election and how much to say. (AP)

McConnell and Biden are barely speaking

Susan Ferrechio · March 24, 2021 3:39 pm

Vice President Joe Biden addresses the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Centennial Celebration luncheon in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Democrats hope people get used to receiving government largesse: Report

Michael Lee · March 24, 2021 3:27 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., says he and other Republicans in Congress are concerned that President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum imports might metastasize into a larger trade war and injure "an economy that appears to be taking off," during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

‘Setting aside a certified winner’: McConnell lambasts Democrats’ effort to overturn Iowa election

Mike Brest · March 23, 2021 4:01 pm

A Nigerien soldier provides rear security for his squad while they performed a dismounted patrol during Exercise Flintlock 2017 in Diffa, Niger, March 11, 2017. Flintlock exercises strengthen security institutions, promote multilateral sharing of information, and develop interoperability among partner nations in the Trans-Sahara.

Capitol Police: Senate and Capitol will remain closed to public after fence removal

Nicholas Rowan · March 22, 2021 4:23 pm