A conservative-leaning watchdog group says House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are the biggest congressional scofflaws of 2018, for their anemic handling of the settlement slush fund that used an unlimited pot of taxpayer money to pay off congressional staff in exchange for signing legal papers barring them from taking public […]
Huawei Executive Requests Bail in Canada, Pending Extradition to U.S…
The issues appear multifaceted. In a Canadian court lawyers for Chinese company Huawei CFO, Meng Wanzhou, are arguing for bail while she awaits extradition to the United States for violations on Iran sanctions. There’s an element to this entire story that appears suspicious. President Trump was intentionally kept out of the loop; and that reality […]
Mitch McConnell Made the Senate Confirm Another 15 Judges Before It Goes Home…
The Senate approved a package of President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees Thursday, notching another 15 confirmations just days after Justice Brett Kavanaugh was installed on the U.S. Supreme Court. The confirmations came as half a dozen Democratic lawmakers, particularly those in red states, were pressed to return home to defend their Senate seats for the […]
McConnell: GOP Senators Were ‘Literally Under Assault’ in Days Before Kavanaugh Vote…
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Monday that GOP senators were “literally under assault” during the confirmation process for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, who was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. “I couldn’t be prouder of the Senate Republican Conference. We were standing up for the presumption of innocence in this country […]
Booker to McConnell on Ethic Charges: ‘Bring it!’…
Senate Republican leaders are suggesting that Sen. Cory Booker could face an ethics inquiry for releasing private Judiciary Committee documents relating to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Thursday. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told radio host Hugh Hewitt in an interview released on Friday that he “wouldn’t be surprised” if the panel looked […]
Trump Breaks 20-Year ‘Fouled Up’ Budget Gridlock, Scores Big Wins…
President Trump, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Speaker Paul Ryan have teamed up this summer to do something that hasn’t happened in two decades — write and pass department spending bills instead of lumping everything into a massive package. The House and Senate are moving at a brisk pace to pass the appropriations […]
With Little Fanfare, Trump and McConnell Reshape the Nation’s Circuit Courts…
As the Senate moves toward confirming Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell are leading a lower-key yet deeply consequential charge to remake the entire federal judiciary. The Senate will return Wednesday from an abbreviated summer recess to confirm two more federal appeals court judges by the end […]
On Cue – Mitch McConnell Welcomes Legislation to Block President Trump Trade Policy…
There are Trillions At Stake. There is no upper limit to what congress is willing to do to stop President Trump from turning off the lobbyist funding. Without influence in DC there can be no affluence in DC. That’s why McConnell cancelled the recess. If the president continues to remain focused exclusively on what is […]
7 Explosive ‘Secret Empires’ Facts about Mitch McConnell and Elaine Chao…
The #1 New York Times bestselling book Secret Empires by Government Accountability Institute President and Breitbart News Senior Editor-at-Large Peter Schweizer is causing major ethics headaches for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and his wife, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao. Multiple establishment media outlets have now confirmed the accuracy of Schweizer’s reporting about McConnell and […]
Senate Panel Moves to Take Up Bill Protecting Mueller…
The Senate Judiciary Committee is moving forward with legislation to limit President Trump’s ability to fire special counsel Robert Mueller. Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wants to add the bill to the panel’s business meeting agenda scheduled for Thursday, a spokesman for the senator confirmed to The Hill. “In order to do that, the Minority […]
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