A new document obtained by Breitbart News undermines another facet of Matt Bevin’s explanations for his signature on a 2008 pro-TARP bailout letter sent from an investment firm he served as president. Bevin is challenging incumbent Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in
Though Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that he had to vote to break Sen. Ted Cruz’s filibuster against raising the debt ceiling without spending reductions because he had “to protect the country,” McConnell then voted against the bill
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said at a Friday campaign rally that his leadership in helping raise the debt ceiling was an effort to “protect the country.” “We were confronted with a clean debt ceiling in the Senate or
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is expected to receive a “hero’s welcome” when he travels to Iowa and New Hampshire in the coming months after he again stood up against the GOP establishment on the vote to raise the debt ceiling
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Democrats dream of driving U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell into retirement this year, ridding President Barack Obama of one of his fiercest opponents. Tea partyers have the same dream, but they say the Senate’s Republican leader actually
The price tag for Congress suspending the debt ceiling until March, 2015 may give some Americans sticker shock. According to an analysis by the Senate Budget Committee Republican staff, the national debt when the debt ceiling comes back into effect
Newly-unearthed documents contradict claims from Matt Bevin, challenger to Sen. Mitch McConnell in the upcoming Kentucky Republican primary, that he always opposed the 2008 federal bailout while attacking McConnell for supporting it. Politico reports Bevin was a supporter of the 2008 $700
On Laura Ingraham’s radio show on Monday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ruled out the possibility of the passage of any immigration bill, echoing the sentiments of his House counterpart, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).
Bill Clinton is traveling to Kentucky to help its Secretary of State, Alison Lundergan Grimes, in her bid to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Clinton will join Grimes on February 25 in Louisville. Grimes said, “We are very excited
After his YouTube video in which he blasted Obamacare and the Republican establishment in Washington for not combating it fiercely enough went viral late last year, conservative Nebraska Senate candidate Ben Sasse has rocketed from obscurity to holding a virtual
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that immigration reform will not happen in 2014, despite a renewed push from his counterparts on the other side of the capitol in House GOP leadership. “I think we have sort of an
The House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) wrote to Treasury Department Secretary Jacob Lew and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen, Thursday, requesting all documents pertaining to the controversial 501(c)(4) rule change. Upon sending the letter, the Chairman said
On Megyn Kelly’s Wednesday Fox News program, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) revealed Obama’s Treasury Department is using issuing a rule through the Internal Revenue Service that intended to silence conservative group critical of the Obama White House. “Well,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) —U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Sunday congressional Republicans may demand concessions in return for raising the federal debt ceiling. During an appearance on “Fox News Sunday,” McConnell said there is nothing wrong or
Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on CBS’ “Face The Nation”:
In introducing Alison Lundergan Grimes at a political event in Kentucky, Thursday night, Democrat Greg Stumbo managed to compare defeating Sen. McConnell to liberating Europe from Nazis. Lundergan-Grimes is running against McConnell in the US Senate race in Kentucky. “You
The communications director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) tried to smear conservative talk radio host Mark Levin Thursday by alleging that outside groups spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to make his book a best-seller, which they did
Barack Obama, shifting the American public’s focus away from Obamacare toward a debate on income inequality, is launching his Housing and Urban Development (HUD) program titled “Promise Zones,” which entails using government largess to give tax incentives and grants to
On Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) took to the Senate floor to make the argument that long-term unemployment benefits must be paid for…
Hollywood producer Jeffrey Katzenberg is known for rallying behind President Barack Obama’s national campaigns. Now, the head of DreamWorks Animation is trying to get one of Obama’s chief political opponents out of office–Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Katzenberg and his wife, Marilyn,
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) does not fare any better against Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes in a general election than his Tea Party challenger Matt Bevin. Both McConnell and Bevin lead Grimes by the same margin in a hypothetical
Appearing on FoxNews’ “Your World with Neil Cavuto” Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated his support of the Tea Party movement. “Let me make it clear,” McConnell told Cavuto. “I’m a big fan of the tea party movement. I think
Coming off of his interview with President Barack Obama, MSNBC “Hardball” anchor Chris Matthews drew a comparison between the modern Republican Party and F.W. de Klerk, the last apartheid leader of South Africa. According to Matthews, de Klerk handled the
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican up for re-election in 2014, told the Washington Examiner in an interview published Friday that he believes it is time for the GOP establishment to stop conservatives and Tea Partiers. McConnell argued
The Hill reported on Wednesday that Alison Lundergan Grimes, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in Kentucky who seeks to defeat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) in the 2014 general election, has something in common with Democratic Senator
