Tag Archive | Senate Minority Leader
Posted on March 7, 2013. Tags: American Soil, Cloture, Colleague, Drones, Executive Branch, Filibuster, Intelligence Activities, John Brennan, Mitch Mcconnell, Nomination, Oversight, Procedural Motion, Roll Call, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republican Leader, Senate Republicans, Senator Paul, Wednesday Evening
In an historic moment echoing the Senate’s great history of long, passionate speeches, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) held the floor for nearly 13 hours yesterday in a filibuster demanding answers from the Obama administration on its legal authority to use force against U.S. citizens overseas. Roll Call wrote last night, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch […]
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Posted on March 4, 2013. Tags: Administration Officials, Barack Obama, Budget Cuts, Congressional Democrats, Constituencies, Continuing Resolution, Exuberance, Fter, Mantra, Mitch Mcconnell, Republican Leaders, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senior Administration, Sequester, Setback, Supplication, Tax Increases, West Wing
After President Obama spent weeks campaigning against the sequester and demanding that Republicans agree to tax hikes to prevent it, the sequester has gone ahead and many observers are declaring it a setback for the White House spin machine. Roll Call writes today, “It wasn’t supposed to be like this for the White House […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on November 9, 2012. Tags: Attitude Problem, Core Problem, Difference Between The House And Senate, Don Stewart, Filibuster, Harry Reid, Mitch Mcconnell, Obama, Senate Floor, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republican Leader, Senate Republicans, Senate Rules, stimulus, Washington Times
The Washington Times writes, “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Wednesday that he will try to push through a change to Senate rules that would limit the GOP’s ability to filibuster bills. . . . ‘I think that the rules have been abused and that we’re going to work to change them,’ he told reporters. . . […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 25, 2012. Tags: Barack Obama, Coffee Mug, Horrible Idea, Kabuki Theater, Lawmakers, Majority Vote, Maneuvers, Mitch Mcconnell, Procedural Vote, Props, Republican Plan, Republicans, Senate Democrats, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Small Business Owners, Succession, Tax Proposals, Vote Threshold
Human Events writes today, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has an idea for cutting through all the parliamentary maneuvers and political kabuki theater: hold votes on Wednesday, in succession, on all three of the current proposals for avoiding Taxmageddon this January. Senate Democrats have been notably reticent to actually vote on any of the legislative props they’ve […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 12, 2012. Tags: Conservative Donors, Democratic Sponsor, Free Speech Rights, Gop Sources, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Member Ship, Mitch Mcconnell, Nancy Pelosi, Political Donations, Political Enemies, Public Disclosure, Public Scrutiny, Selective Disclosure, Senate Democrats, Senate Gop, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republicans, Sheldon Whitehouse
Senate Democrats reintroduced a modified version of the DISCLOSE Act this week, and Republicans are sounding the free-speech alarm. “This is the single biggest issue nobody is talking about,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told The Daily Caller Thursday. The law would force corporations, labor groups and super PACs to report the names of donors for every […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 3, 2012. Tags: Barack Obama, Chief Of Staff, Chris Wallace, David Gregory, Fall Election, Fox News Sunday, Health Care Law, Host David, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Jack Lew, Last Chance, Meet The Press, Mitch Mcconnell, Nancy Pelosi, Reuters, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republican Leader, Tie Knots
Appearing on Fox News Sunday this week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell reiterated his pledge that if Republicans are in the majority next year, job one will be full repeal of Obamacare. As Reuters put it yesterday, “Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Republicans will insist that the Democrats who control the chamber hold a vote before […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 2, 2012. Tags: Barack Obama, Cbs Program, Chris Wallace, Face The Nation, Fall Election, Fox News Sunday, Healthcare Law, John Boehner, Last Chance, Mandate, Middle Class Tax, Mitch Mcconnell, Nursing Homes, Republicans, Reuters, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Trillion, Vow
Reuters reports, “The two top Republicans in Congress vowed on Sunday to push ahead with efforts to repeal President Barack Obama’s healthcare law despite the Supreme Court upholding it, but the White House said it is time to stop fighting and start implementing it. ‘This has to be ripped out by its roots,’ House of Representatives Speaker […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on December 1, 2011. Tags: Afl Cio, Barack Obama, Canada Senate, Construction Trades Department, Democratic Allies, Ecological Disaster, Economic Multiplier, Gop Senators, Key Test, Labor Groups, Mitch Mcconnell, Multiplier Effect, Oil Pipeline, Pipeline Project, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republicans, Skilled Craft, Xl Project
The AP reported yesterday, “Angered by President Barack Obama’s delay of a proposed oil pipeline from Canada, Senate Republicans are moving to force him to act. A bill introduced Wednesday by 37 GOP senators, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, would require the administration to approve the Keystone XL pipeline within 60 days, unless the […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on October 4, 2011. Tags: 2chambers, Barack Obama, Bully Pulpit, Dems Object, Gop Leader, Mitch Mcconnell, Sen Harry Reid, Senate Dems, Senate Floor, Senate Gop, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republicans, Senator Reid, Wall Stree, Wall Street Journal
‘Immediate Vote’ ‘Immediately Blocked’ Senator Reid ‘Quickly Objected,’ ‘Refused,’ ‘Declined,’ ‘Shot Down The Effort’ To Vote On President Obama’s Stimulus Proposal Today THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: “Senate Republicans offered to give President Barack Obama the vote he’s sought on a jobs bill Tuesday, but the Democratic leader, Sen. Harry Reid, objected.” (“Senate GOP Leader: Vote […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on August 1, 2011. Tags: Appointees, Congressional Leaders, Debt Ceiling, Debt Limit, Federal Deficits, Federal Spending, Fox News, John Boehner, Joint Committee, Kent Conrad, Last Election, Mitch Mcconnell, Neil Cavuto, Party Conservatives, Person Committee, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Tax Increases, Tea Party
Without Tea Party Republicans, Congress wouldn’t be cutting any federal spending, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said. “What I would say to our friends in the Tea Party movement — without them we wouldn’t be having this discussion. We wouldn’t be cutting anything,” McConnell said Monday to Neil Cavuto on Fox News. “But […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 30, 2011. Tags: Blast, Blasts, Caucus, Democratic Leadership, Democratic Majority, Democrats, Failure, Friday Morning, John Boehner, Leadership Speaker, Legislation, Mitch Mcconnell, Nbsp, People, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, senate-majority, Wasting Time
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took to the floor Friday morning to blast the Democratic majority in the Senate for failing to propose a solution to the looming deficit crisis that could pass either house. “Democrats here in the Senate have offered no solutions that could pass either chamber, not one,” said McConnell. […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 29, 2011. Tags: Act, Borrowing Money, Congress, Credit Rating, Creditworthiness, Debts, Democrat, Different Story, Inevitability, Majority Leader, Mitch Mcconnell, Money Loans, Opposition, Republican Majority, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Republican Leader, U S Senate, Washington D C, Wasting Precious Time
Ok, I really don’t like the idea that this bill “prevents default”. If the government shuts down, we still have money. Defaulting on the debts will be a choice by the President, not an inevitability. And the task before Congress is twofold. Protect the credit rating and keep the government running. Simply borrowing more money […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 21, 2011. Tags: Blank Check, Bribes, Class Warfare, Debt Ceiling, Debt Crisis, Debt Issue, Demagoguery, Dramatic Reform, Future Of Our Nation, Harry Reid, Incitement, Mitch Mcconnell, Moment Of Truth, Permanent Change, Reelection, Senate Candidate, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Virginians
I asked US Senate Candidate Tim Donner his opinion on the debt ceiling plan proposed by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. As we pointed out the other day, this is exactly the kind of question Virginians want answered. For far too long Republicans have spent too much money and the Democrats have spent even more. […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 19, 2011. Tags: Debt Ceiling, Erick Erickson, Freedom Ring, George Allen, Leadership Position, Legal Structures, Majority Action, Mcflurry, Member Of Congress, Mitch Mcconnell, Radtke, Redstate Blog, Republican Caucus, Senate Candidate, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, U S Senate, Us Senate, Washington Insider
A post on Erick Erickson’s RedState Blog lets Republicans know in no uncertain terms how much he hates the proposal by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky). Erickson is so opposed to the plan (plot!) that he has publicly stated that it is the policy of RedState to oppose any Republican who supports McConnell for […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on July 13, 2011. Tags: Bets, Blank Check, Budget, Congress, Conservatives, Debt Ceiling, Democrats, Fallback Position, Mitch Mcconnell, New Car, Obama, Proposal, Republican Senator, Resolve, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senator Mitch Mcconnell, Social Security, Social Security Checks, Zogby Poll
Most bets were on Speaker Boehner being the first to capitulate to President Obama on the debt ceiling. But it turns out Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell put out an “in case we fail” deal, signaling a huge weakness in McConnell’s resolve. McConnell essentially wants to give Obama a blank check to raise the debt […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on May 20, 2011. Tags: Barack Obama, Berkeley Professor, Berkeley School, Courtroom Experience, Federal Appeals Court, Federal Bench, Goodwin Liu, Hans Von Spakovsky, Mitch Mcconnell, Nixon Administration, Rhodes Scholar, Role Of A Judge, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republicans, Social Understandings, Supreme Court Nominees, University Of California Berkeley, Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal reports today, “Senate Republicans blocked law professor Goodwin Liu’s appointment to a federal appeals court Thursday, when Democrats fell eight votes short of the 60 needed to end a filibuster. Mr. Liu, whom liberal legal scholars saw as a rising star, proved more contentious than even President Barack Obama’s Supreme Court […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on April 29, 2011. Tags: Barack Obama, Brinkmanship, Budget Game, Budget Proposal, Budget Vote, Gallu, Jeff Sessions, Mitch Mcconnell, Mr Mcconnell, Republican Budget, Senate Budget Committee, Senate Majority Leader, Senate Majority Leader Harry, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republicans, Senator Reid, Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire wrote yesterday, “Two can play this budget game. A day after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) put Republicans on the spot by saying he will bring the House Republicans’ budget proposal up for a vote, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) turned the tables by […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on April 4, 2011. Tags: Business Legislation, Clean Air Act, Congressional Approval, Democrat Senators, Democratic Support, Energy Tax, Fellow Democrats, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hoppy Kercheval, Inhofe Amendment, Joe Manchin, Mitch Mcconnell, Radio Interview, Sen Inhofe, Senate Democrats, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republican Leader, Senate Vote
On Friday, The Hill reported, “Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is betting that as many as 15 Senate Democrats will back a GOP-led bill that strips EPA’s power to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions. His estimate of Democratic support is far above what is widely believed and would put the measure — which might receive a Senate vote […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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Posted on February 1, 2011. Tags: Barack Obama, Bipartisan Basis, Congressional Budget Office, Continuing Resolution, Credible Plan, David Gregory, Debt Ceiling, Debt Issues, Fiscal Sanity, Military Strength, Mitch Mcconnell, Presidential Leadership, Senate Minority Leader, Senate Minority Leader Mitch, Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, Senate Republican Leader, State Of The Union Address, Unfunded Liabilities, Unfunded Liability, Union Address Tuesday Night
Following Friday’s troubling news from the Congressional Budget Office that this year’s deficit will approach a staggering $1.5 trillion, The Washington Post editorialized over the weekend, “In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Obama failed to present a credible plan for long-term debt reduction. It’s no secret that we think he made […]
Tom is a US Navy Veteran, owns an Insurance Agency and is currently an IT Manager for a Virginia Distributor. He has been published in American Thinker, currently writes for the Richmond Examiner as well as Virginia Right! Blog.
Tom lives in Hanover County, Va and is involved in politics at every level and is a Recovering Republican who has finally had enough of the War on Conservatives in progress with the Leadership of the GOP on a National Level.
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