Mitch Mcconnell Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Mitch Mcconnell.
Obama offers upbeat view of US economy
President Barack Obama offered a more upbeat view of the economy Thursday, pushing for action on more ambitious jobs efforts that face resistance from opposition Republicans in Congress. "We're poised for progress," he declared. The president, speaking in Texas, focused on higher wages, education and a manufacturing-driven agenda that had ...
Obama, in Texas, presses middle-class jobs agenda
Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed for action on more ambitious efforts that face resistance from congressional Republicans. "We're poised for progress," he declared. The president chose the bustling Texas capital as a backdrop ...
GOP boycotts health care advisory board
House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. House Speaker John Boehner, who joined Senate Republican leader Mitch ...
News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:59 a.m. EDT
Medicaid managed care group announces layoffs FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — One of Kentucky's Medicaid managed care groups has announced it will begin laying off workers next month to prepare for shutting down. Kentucky Spirit Health Plan, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Centene Corp., announced last fall that would exercise a ...
Protesters slam McConnell background check vote
Protesters demonstrated in front of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's hometown office Monday over his vote against a bill widely supported by the public that would have expanded background checks for gun sales. A group of about 30 people, mostly women, gathered in front of McConnell's Louisville offices and held ...
McConnell unveils measure to help coal industry
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled legislation Monday aimed at forcing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expedite the process for coal companies seeking permits to open new mines. McConnell made a series of stops in the Kentucky coalfields to promote what he has dubbed The Coal Jobs Protection Act. ...
Justice Dept. appeals recess case to Supreme Court
The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that found the president's recess appointments to a labor agency unconstitutional. The government argues that the decision undermines a key presidential power that has been used for more than a century to appoint hundreds of government ...
The Senate goes old school
Something interesting happened in the U.S. Senate again this week - the Senate acted like the Senate, and produced a major farm bill minus the usual partisan rancor and gridlock that has come to typify the operations of Congress in recent years. I have joked for years that I will ...
GOP response remains muted on Obama immigration move
While rank and file Republicans in Congress have been expressing their opposition to President Obama's move to stop deportations of some younger illegal immigrants, GOP leaders in the House and Senate still seem somewhat flummoxed by the issue. For example, if you go to Speaker John Boehner's web site, you ...
Payroll Tax Cut Battle
When the Senate voted 89-10 on Saturday morning for a plan to extend a payroll tax cut and other items for two months, it seemed like the Congress would end the year by quietly punting those political battles until the end of February 2012. And then House Republicans rebelled. The ...
Health Care Constitutionality
Two days after a federal judge in Florida found the entire Obama health reform law unconstitutional, a U.S. Senate committee holds a hearing on this sizzling legal question. Not long ago, Democrats openly scoffed at the idea that any portion of the health law could run afoul of the Constitution, ...
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