Democrats Don’t Have a Good Answer to the Mitch McConnell Question
How will they get their policies through a Republican-controlled Senate?
Mitch McConnell
Republicans Put Party Before Country in Election Hack
Republicans refused to entertain evidence of Russian interference in the election.
Republican Senate Leader Scolds Party’s Rejectionists
Mitch McConnell reproaches the purists who refuse to accept anything short of total victory.
Republicans Must Not Hold Trade Pact Hostage
Republicans are not only denying America economic gains; they are putting its Pacific strategy at risk.
Republicans Reject Tax Hike for Millionaires
Opposition lawmakers in the United States won’t consider tax increases. They argue that corporate taxes should actually be cut.
Republicans Urge Ratification of Trade Deals
The Republican leader in the Senate asks the president to submit three pending trade agreements.
Debt Ceiling Talks Reach Impasse Over Taxes
Republicans won’t consider tax hikes. Democrats refuse to reform entitlements.
America “Needs to Get Its Act Together”
Republican lawmakers leverage a debt vote to extract deeper spending reductions from Democrats.
Boehner, McConnell Call for Spending Cuts
Republican leaders talk about spending reductions on the Sunday morning talk shows.
Previewing Obama’s State of the Union
Republican leaders in Congress want the president to talk about cutting spending.
Republicans Pledge to Rein in Spending, Somehow
All Sunday morning talks shows devote time to discussing the upcoming congressional elections.