Mitch McConnell

Mitch McConnell Shrugs Off Accusations Of Special Treatment From His Wife, Transportation Sec. Elaine Chao

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) shrugged off accusations Tuesday that he had received special treatment from his wife Elaine…

5 years ago

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Assigned Special Liaison To Husband Mitch McConnell’s State Of Kentucky

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao assigned a special liaison to help with grant applications from Kentucky, the state of her husband,…

5 years ago

Bill To Provide Path To Citizenship For Dreamers Approved By Democrat-Led House, Faces Death In GOP-Controlled Senate

On Tuesday, the House reintroduced and passed legislation to provide a path to citizenship for Dreamers who are brought to…

5 years ago

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao Used Government Employees To Plan Travel For Family Doing Business In China

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao holds strong business ties with several Chinese companies, according to a bombshell report from Sunday. According to The New…

5 years ago

Russian Oligarch Oleg Deripaska Invests $200 Million In Kentucky, Democrats See Ploy To Influence Mitch McConnell

Democratic lawmakers called on the Trump Administration on Thursday to review an investment in a Kentucky aluminum mill by a…

5 years ago

Senate Leader Mitch McConnell Vows To Fill Any Vacant Supreme Court Seats In 2020 After Blocking Merrick Garland

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) said Tuesday that if a Supreme Court justice were to die during the 2020…

5 years ago

GOP Senators Vow To Rapidly End Any Possible Impeachment Trials

GOP senators have spoken up recently to make clear their intention to end any possible presidential impeachment trials as rapidly…

5 years ago

Donald Trump Jr. Agrees To Give Testimony Before The Senate Intelligence Committee

Donald Trump Jr. was subpoenaed by the Republican-controlled Senate Intelligence Committee last Wednesday for information pertaining to the panel's Russia investigation. On Tuesday,…

6 years ago

Mitch McConnell Calls For An End Into Inquires Into Trump, Saying “Case Closed”

On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell implored his colleagues to cease their inquires into president Donald Trump. In his floor…

6 years ago

800 Pages Of Emails Reveal Coordination Between Mitch McConnell & Wife Elaine Chao’s Offices

A batch of more than 800 pages of emails revealed Tuesday that the offices of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his wife,…

6 years ago

Mitch McConnell Will Force Senate To Vote On Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal Next Week

Sen. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) introduced the Green New Deal proposal last week. This legislation intends to…

6 years ago

Trump Plans To Declare National Emergency To Build Border Wall, Says McConnell

On Thursday, Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the Senate majority leader, revealed President Donald Trump plans to use his executive powers to declare a national…

6 years ago

Senate Adds Rebuke Of Trump’s Syria Policy To Bill On Troops In Afghanistan

On Monday, the Republican-led Senate voted to include condemning President Donald Trump's Syria policy in a bill scheduled to pass the…

6 years ago

House Democrats Issue Plan To Reopen Government By Passing Six Bipartisan Bills

Democrats are slated to retake the House on Thursday, and the party has decided on a strategy to reopen the…

6 years ago

Senate Adjourns Until Dec. 27 As Government Shutdown Continues With No End In Sight

Talks between Republicans and Democrats failed to resolve issues stemming from funding disputes over President Donald Trump's border wall on…

6 years ago

Donald Trump Folds On Pledge To Shut Down Government Over Border Wall

Donald Trump faces a potential government shutdown looming over him, owing to his unmet demands to win $5 billon for…

6 years ago

Donald Trump Threatens Government Shutdown Over Funding Border Wall

As the deadline to find funding for key parts of the federal government looms closer, President Donald Trump demanded Democrats…

6 years ago

Sen. Jeff Flake Will Oppose All Judicial Nominees Until Bill To Shield Robert Mueller Is Voted Upon

Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) declared on Wednesday his intent to oppose all of Donald Trump's judicial nominations until legislation protecting special counsel Robert…

6 years ago

Mitch McConnell Says Republicans May Try To Repeal Obamacare Again After Midterms

Republican lawmakers have unsuccessfully tried to repeal the Affordable Care Act several times since President Donald Trump took office, but they may…

6 years ago

McConnell Changes Tune On Election-Year Supreme Court Nominations After Blocking Garland

In an odd change of tune from previous years, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not rule out the possibility…

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