McConnell: Government shutdown before election ‘politically beyond stupid’
S enate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) is warning colleagues that it would be “politically beyond stupid” for ...
Democrats hope Thune can be ‘Paul Ryan 2.0’ with Trump sway looming
The pragmatic establishment figure who offers candid political takes as McConnell’s voter-counter is someone Democrats say is ...
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McConnell’s Next Move
it sounds like McConnell is going to stick this out for a while. The Democrats have, naturally, gotten incredibly sympathetic press given that they forced a shutdown of the government, and there ...
At Biola University, John Thune was ‘easy to like.’ Now he’s majority leader of the U.S. Senate
Thune, who attended the La Mirada university, played basketball under coach Dave Holmquist, who is still on staff at Biola.
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House Republicans say they’ll confer with Trump on shutdown avoidance plans
House Republicans are planning to strategize with President-elect Trump on their path forward to funding the government past ...
Trump looms large as Congress faces shutdown threat and ‘dizzying’ to-do list
Donald Trump won’t arrive back in the White House until January. But he’ll have fingerprints over every piece of the lame ...
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McConnell pushed back against the idea of a government shutdown to derail Biden's vaccine mandate, as threats by the GOP's right test his power
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was cautiously optimistic about the prospects of averting a government shutdown by some Republican senators seeking to defund President Joe Biden's vaccine ...
Congress returns to Washington as GOP prepares to take control
Returning lawmakers will be choosing the leaders for the next Congress and finishing work on the remaining priorities of the ...
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Shut down the threat of foolish shutdown
Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker John Boehner oppose a repeat of the kamikaze tactics that led to the 2013 shutdown ... would save the government money.
Small and 'chaotic' House Republican majority poses challenges for the new Trump era
Republicans win the House as well as the Senate, giving Donald Trump a clear path to pass legislation. But the small majority ...
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Sen. Ted Cruz rages at Mitch McConnell over lack of spending on his Texas reelection bid: ‘Not a penny’
Ted Cruz (R-Texas) bashed the Senate Minority Leader and expressed frustration over the lack of support he has received from the Mitch ... McConnell opposed. Ultimately, that led to a government ...