House Speaker Mike Johnson reportedly faced fire from other top elected officials — including Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell — during a meeting at the White House Tuesday that was described as “intense.” Johnson met with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and McConnell, who each pressured him […]
President Biden will convene the top four congressional leaders at the White House on Tuesday to press lawmakers on passing an emergency aid package for Ukraine and Israel, as well as averting a looming government shutdown next month, according to a White House official. The top four leaders include House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Senate […]
Channeling the persona of the brash billionaire who took on the Republican establishment in his 2016 presidential campaign, former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell might not be a partner in a Trump administration. In 2016, McConnell predicted, “He’s not going to change the platform of the Republican Party, the […]
Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio yesterday released a bombshell analysis of the McConnell-Schumer foreign military aid bill that is moving through the Senate with the support of 18 Republican Senators. As Senator Vance explained: President Trump was wrongfully impeached by the partisan Pelosi-led House of Representatives on December 18, 2019.1 At the core of the impeachment […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell lobbed criticism Sunday toward Republican colleagues who oppose more U.S. aid to Ukraine as the chamber advanced a $95 billion national security package. The legislation, which cleared a procedural hurdle 67-27 and heads to final passage later this week, includes assistance for Ukraine to combat Russia, Israel to defeat Hamas, […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is pushing back on his haters who have called on him to resign. “They’ve had their shot,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press, referring to Sen. Rick Scott’s failed bid for the leader job in 2022. The Kentucky Republican has been lambasted by members of his party […]
Well, at least one civil war has sprung up over the border. And it isn’t in Texas. With the non-secure border bill dead in the water, unrest has gripped the GOP side of the Senate. It got downright ugly on Monday. By all reports, hands were not thrown but a screaming match ensued last […]
A bipartisan border security proposal is headed toward defeat in the Senate, along with $118 billion in attached foreign aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan. Facing fierce hostility from Senate and House Republicans over the package’s border provisions assailed by conservatives as too weak, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell confirmed that his members were prepared […]
It took a while, likely a couple of months, but last night Mitch McConnell finally saw the error of his ways in endorsing the disastrous “bipartisan border deal” that he and other Senate Republicans had worked out with Chuck Schumer and Joe Biden. During a closed-door meeting with his caucus, McConnell advised his fellow Republicans […]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday that after months of negotiations with Democrats on beefing up border security, the time has come to show the bill text and take action. The fate of the yet-to-be-released agreement has darkened as former President Donald Trump and House Republicans say the details that have emerged are too […]
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