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