McConnell Says Debt Ceiling Increase Won't Pass
As the rhetoric continues over the so-called “fiscal cliff", Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says a permanent debt ceiling increase is “not going to happen.”McConnell went to the Senate floor to...
View ArticleMcConnell: President Obama is Asking for Too Much in Fiscal Cliff Deal
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell said he hopes a deal can be hatched to avoid the fiscal cliff, but that talks so far have not gone well.McConnell said President Barack Obama is asking for a new stimulus...
View ArticleReport: McConnell, Senate Republicans Willing to Compromise on Higher Taxes
Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell is reportedly signaling that he and fellow GOP Senators are open to a strategy that would likely lead to the expiration of the Bush-era tax cuts for the nation’s...
View ArticlePolitico: McConnell Accepted Fiscal Cliff Deal in Order to Get Future Leverage
The "fiscal cliff" deal approved by the U.S. House and Senate over the weekend was crafted by two men on mostly opposite ends of the political spectrum: Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell and Vice President...
View ArticleRight-Wing Group Running Ads Against McConnell
Kentucky's senior U.S. Senator finds himself the target of online ads run by a conservative group. The ads, bought by the group ForAmerica, criticize Republican Mitch McConnell for his role in the...
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