Topic: Mitch McConnell
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said he challenged Republicans to try to repeal his landmark healthcare reform in private budget talks last week, taunting his opponents with a question: "You think we're stupid?"In one of three political fund-raisers for his re-election ...
When people on Capitol Hill talk, discussions end up going around in circles.Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell started the "political theater": "Sen. Joe Lieberman, a SELF-DESCRIBED "independent Democrat" from Connecticut, emerged from a Democratic strategy session Tuesday and said the health care ...
Republican strategy on health care overhaul: Repeal and replace with 'commonsense solutions'Repeal the new health care overhaul and replace it with something better, says the Senate's top Republican, who led a solid wall of GOP opposition to the Democratic plan.But Kentucky Sen. ...
Vote on latest version of bill could begin Monday, end on Christmas Eve WASHINGTON The Senate today convenes its third weekend session in a row, beginning an around-the-clock effort to overcome Democratic infighting, a wall of Republican opposition and slipping support in ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate began work on a sweeping healthcare overhaul on Monday, with senators on both sides pouncing on findings in a nonpartisan budget report on insurance premiums to bolster their arguments.With the debate expected to last up to ...
Fresh from victory in vote to debate a health care bill, Democrats at odds over the detailsModerate Senate Democrats threatened Sunday to scuttle health-care legislation if their demands aren't met, while more liberal members warned their party leaders not to bend.The dispute ...
Former Sen. Bob Dole bucks GOP leader's advice, says publicly that US needs health care reformFormer Republican presidential candidate Bob Dole says a top GOP leader asked him not to publicly support health care reform. But he's doing so anyway.The former Kansas ...
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Sen. Mitch McConnell: Americans Don't ...
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Don't Raise Taxes - Mitch McConnell
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In an exclusive interview, Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell says ...2012-02-03
