Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell

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.

McConnell: Senate Likely To Consider Anti-Opioid Package

By • Apr 30, 2018
WKMS News

The U.S. Senate is working on crafting a comprehensive package to combat the nation's opioid addiction problems and ease the transition from treatment to the workforce, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday.

McConnell Introduces Bill to Address Impact of Opioid Epidemic on Workforce

By • Apr 25, 2018
WKYU

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has introduced a bill aimed at addressing the impact the opioid epidemic is having on the nation’s workforce.

McConnell Aide Takes Appalachian Regional Commission Role

By • Apr 24, 2018
Wendy Wasserman, ARC

Not long after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky squared off with President Trump over funding for the Appalachian Regional Commission, the ARC has a new federal co-chair with strong ties to McConnell.

Republicans Push Bill To Protect Mueller, Without McConnell's Support

By • Apr 19, 2018

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., does not support a measure that would make it harder for President Trump to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, but that isn't stopping some Republicans from forcing the debate.

North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis said Wednesday that he will continue working on a bill to allow Mueller access to speedy judicial review if Trump tries to force him out of his job leading the Justice Department investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election — with or without McConnell's support.

Senate Confirms Claria Horn Boom as U.S. District Judge for Eastern & Western Districts of Kentucky

By • Apr 10, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's Office

The U.S. Senate confirmed on Tuesday an eastern Kentucky native and Lexington lawyer to serve as a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky. 

U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry in Hopkinsville: "Innovate, Don't Regulate"

By • Apr 5, 2018
Matt Markgraf, WKMS

"Innovate, don’t regulate." That was the ‘bumper sticker’ message U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry delivered to business leaders in Hopkinsville on Thursday.

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