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McConnell Calls Obamacare the Biggest Issue for 2014

The GOP is convinced that the Affordable Care Act will remain a winning political issue for them. On Meet the Press Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said be the "biggest issue" in the next congressional election. From Meet the Press:

Congress: Attack mode

Republicans were in full attack mode on the Sunday shows: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Obama of a "culture of intimidation" on NBC’s Meet the Press. (That very same language was used by Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) on MSNBC’s The Daily Rundown Friday.) He …

McConnell: White House ‘made up a tale’ about Benghazi

The Senate minority leader said it was "inconvenient" for the administration to admit a terrorist attack before the election. Read more...

McConnell: Obamacare Will Be Focus of 2014 Midterm

Amid the recent series of scandals surrounding the Obama administration, senate minority leader Mitch McConnell said that the president’s healthcare law will probably still be the focus of the midterm elections next year. “If I wereShow More Summary

Reid Reportedly Prepared To Disarm Filibusters For All Nominees

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) expects a showdown in July over a potential second round of filibuster reform, and he’s prepared to push for a sweeping change to the minority’s ability to unilaterally obstruct judges and other nominees. According to reporting by the Washington Post’s Greg Sargent, Reid “is eyeing a change to the [...]

Politico Caves to Sen. McConnell’s Office

If you’re looking for the video on Politico’s website featuring Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) Chief of Staff Josh Holmes, then good luck. Roll Call’s Meredith Shiner, a former staff writer at Politico, reported that as of Thursday, the video had been removed from the advertising page of the Rosslyn, Va. Show More Summary

Top McConnell Aide Caught Promoting Politico

Roll Call: "A video posted on the Politico website featuring Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's chief of staff has been taken down after the Kentucky Republican's office objected to its placement on a page designed to solicit advertisers." The...Show More Summary

Mitch McConnell: The IRS Can’t Be Involved In Obamacare

How damaging is the IRS scandal to the Obama Administration? Well, the Republican’s timid Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has spent the last five years being beaten like a rented mule by Harry Reid and Barack Obama, is effectively...Show More Summary

What’s in a name? Obama to welcome leader of ‘Myanmar,’ not ‘Burma’

Straight up: This will only be of interest to foreign policy nerds, and people interested in the fate of U.S. relations with this particular Asian country (Shout-out: Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Republican senate minority leader, and resident expert in Congress on this issue). The White House announced Wednesday that President Barack Obama next week will [...]

McConnell to Obama: No More 'Stonewalling' on IRS Scandal

On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) demanded "no more stonewalling" from President Barack Obama regarding the IRS's targeting of Tea Party and conservative groups. McConnell called on Obama to "make available, completely...Show More Summary

McConnell to Media: How Would You Report Scandals If President Were Republican?

At a press conference on Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) launched into the press for their bias in favor of President Obama. “Before taking a few questions,” McConnell said, “let me just add one thing. As you continue...Show More Summary

McConnell Says Obama is Stonewalling Investigation

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) suggested President Obama was not being forthcoming in the controversy surrounding IRS targeting of conservative groups, Reuters reports. Said McConnell: "I'm calling on the president toShow More Summary

McConnell to IRS Boss: ‘Resign’

Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell tells National Review that Steven Miller, the acting head of the Internal Revenue Service, should step down. “He should resign,” the senator says. “Believe me, if this was a Republican administration...Show More Summary

EXCLUSIVE: McConnell: IRS Revelations 'Just The Beginning'

On Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) fired back on assertions by the IRS that its efforts to target conservative groups were relegated to low-level employees. “Of course not,” he told Breitbart News. McConnell noted...Show More Summary

McConnell Demands WH Review of IRS Abuse

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) demanded today that the White House investigate what appears to be targeting by IRS of conservative groups. The IRS has acknowledged “mistakes” for singling out for heightened scrutiny groups that had words like... -

McConnell Demands Full Investigation of IRS' 'Political Thuggery'

On Friday morning, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) demanded a government-wide review of the IRS’ new admission that they targeted conservative groups in 2012 for special scrutiny. Calling the Obama administration’s acknowledgement...Show More Summary

Republicans call for an inquiry into IRS' targeting of conservative groups

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. on Friday called for the White House to conduct a "transparent, government-wide review" after the IRS admitted that they scrutinized conservative groups during the 2012 election. “Today’s acknowledgement by the Obama administration that the...

Republicans Refuse To Appoint Obamacare Panel As Required

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner are refusing to appoint members to a panel to contain Medicare spending as required in the Affordable Care Act. In a letter to President Obama, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) noted their original opposition to Obamacare, reiterated their [...]

Backsliding on the 'death panels' myth

House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell released a letter on Thursday stating that they would not recommend individuals for appointment to the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), an obscure government panel created as part of the Affordable Care Act in an effort to reduce cost growth in Medicare. Show More Summary

McConnell blasts labor nominee Perez as a 'crusading ideologue'

Sen. Mitch McConnell is, shall we say, not a fan of Thomas Perez Based on what Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was saying on the Senate floor Wednesday morning, it sounds like he's a no on President Obama's nomination of Thomas...Show More Summary

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