Topic: Mitch McConnell
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top Senate Republican on Thursday sought to break a year-end impasse over extending a payroll tax cut for 160 million Americans, an issue that has deeply divided his party and raised the risk of an economic downturn in ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The congressional "super committee" charged with slashing the U.S. deficit have heard from legions of lobbyists and lawmakers bent on influencing the outcome. Now members are getting an earful from Republican and Democratic leaders who want them to reach ...
CINCINNATI (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought on Thursday to ratchet up pressure for congressional approval of his $447 billion jobs plan, taking his pitch to the backyard of his two top Republican foes and using an aging bridge as a prop.In ...
The US Senate on Tuesday rejected a Republican push to expand President Barack Obama's powers to negotiate trade deals, amid a broader fight over accords with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.With those three deals edging towards approval in the divided US Congress, ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Republicans in Congress on Tuesday dismissed President Barack Obama's proposal to revive job creation in the United States and pay for it by raising taxes.Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, in a speech on the Senate floor, blasted Obama's ...
Nearly three out of five Americans have an unfavorable view of Republicans, an all-time high, and two in five do not want their own member of Congress reelected, according to a poll out Tuesday.Overall, 70 percent of respondents to a CNN/ORC International ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world's largest economy was headed toward an unprecedented default, and all Washington wanted to talk about was the manner in which the president had left a room.A White House meeting in mid-July between President Barack Obama and congressional ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Here is what is happening on Sunday as U.S. lawmakers and the White House race to broker a deal to raise the country's $14.3 trillion borrowing ceiling by Tuesday's deadline and avoid default on obligations.* Senate Democratic Leader Harry ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Friday said that he "cannot wait any longer" for the Republican-led House of Representatives to act on a debt limit increase and he will begin taking steps to move legislation.Reid, a Democrat, also ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said on Saturday congressional leaders were working on fresh legislation to prevent the United States defaulting on its debt."The bipartisan leadership in Congress is committed to working on new legislation that will prevent default ...
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US Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell made the following statement ...2012-02-13 -
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In an exclusive interview at The Heritage Foundation, Senate Minority ...2011-12-08
