Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

McConnell ‘Confident’ Senate Will Confirm Trump Supreme Court Nominee

By • Jun 30, 2018
J. Tyler Franklin / WFPL

After the announcement of the retirement of the U.S. Supreme Court’s swing-voting Justice Anthony Kennedy, Mitch McConnell told a gathering of Kentucky Republicans that this has been “the best” year-and-a-half for conservatives in recent history.

U.S. Sen. McConnell: Senate Will Vote To Confirm Justice Kennedy’s Successor

By • Jun 27, 2018
WKMS News

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will vote to confirm the successor to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy this fall.

Legislation to Legalize Hemp Moves to Senate Floor Vote in Farm Bill

By • Jun 13, 2018
Nicole Erwin, Ohio Valley ReSource

 

 The U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee has passed it’s version of the Farm Bill with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s provisions to remove hemp from a list of Schedule 1 controlled substances.

McConnell Warns That Trump's Tariffs Could Hurt Kentucky

By • Jun 2, 2018
Ryland Barton, WFPL, cropped

The Senate's top leader is usually a powerful ally of President Donald Trump, but he finds himself at odds with his fellow Republican over slapping tariffs on American allies.

Trump Tariffs Hold Promise, Peril For Ohio Valley Industries

By • May 31, 2018
Becca Schimmel

The Trump administration has made good on a promise to impose steel and aluminum tariffs on some major U.S. trading partners, including the European Union, Canada and Mexico.

Bill Would Add Kentucky Battlefield to National Park System

By • May 29, 2018
David Benbennick, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain

  Two longtime members of Kentucky's congressional delegation are teaming up on a proposal to add the Mill Springs Battlefield to the National Park System.

Mitch McConnell On Filling The Federal Bench: 'This Is My Top Priority'

By • May 24, 2018

For Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, 2018 could be defined by one word: judges.

More than any other issue or cause in this midterm election year, the Kentucky Republican says he is focusing the chamber's agenda on confirming as many of President Trump's lifetime judicial appointments as possible before the end of the year.

McConnell Says He Supports Mueller Investigation

By • May 24, 2018

Updated at 6:31 p.m. ET

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told NPR in an interview that he continues to support the Mueller Russia investigation — and that nothing in Thursday's hotly anticipated secret briefing on the Russia probe to congressional leaders changed his mind.

Ex-Coal Baron Takes Swipe At "China People" In Political Ad

By • May 4, 2018
Rainforest Action Network, Flickr Commons (CC BY-NC 2.0)

An ex-coal executive who's running for U.S. Senate after serving a one-year prison sentence has escalated his barrage on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, taking swipes at "China people" and calling McConnell "Cocaine Mitch" in a new ad.

Ky. Leaders Back McConnell’s Effort To Address Effect Of Opioids On Workforce

By • Apr 30, 2018
Lisa Gillespie, WFPL

Kentucky employers and addiction treatment providers are throwing their weight behind Senator Mitch McConnell’s opioid bill introduced last week in the U.S. Senate.

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