Mitch Mcconnell Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Mitch Mcconnell.
Obama declared health care law 'is here to stay'
Caught between nervous Democrats and emboldened Republicans, President Barack Obama on Friday stepped up the sales pitch on his health care overhaul as the final elements of his top domestic achievement go into effect. With his legacy and the law's success at stake, Obama said: "The law is here to ...
White House: Wrong for IRS to target tea party
The White House says it was inappropriate for the Internal Revenue Service to target tea party groups for additional reviews during last year's presidential election to see if they were violating their tax-exempt status. White House spokesman Jay Carney said he did not know when administration officials learned of the ...
Obama, in Texas, presses middle-class jobs agenda
Offering a more upbeat view of the economy, President Barack Obama resurrected his jobs proposals Thursday, advancing modest initiatives as he pushed for action on more ambitious efforts that face resistance from congressional Republicans. "We're poised for progress," he declared. The president chose the bustling Texas capital as a backdrop ...
Beshear expands Medicaid to 300,000 Kentuckians
Kentucky's Medicaid program will expand to cover an additional 300,000 people, most of them the working poor who don't now have insurance coverage, Gov. Steve Beshear said Thursday. A smiling Beshear announced his decision to applause from proponents gathered in the ornate State Reception Room on the second floor of ...
GOP boycotts health care advisory board
House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. House Speaker John Boehner, who joined Senate Republican leader Mitch ...
News briefs from around Kentucky at 1:59 a.m. EDT
Medicaid managed care group announces layoffs FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — One of Kentucky's Medicaid managed care groups has announced it will begin laying off workers next month to prepare for shutting down. Kentucky Spirit Health Plan, a subsidiary of St. Louis-based Centene Corp., announced last fall that would exercise a ...
Protesters slam McConnell background check vote
Protesters demonstrated in front of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's hometown office Monday over his vote against a bill widely supported by the public that would have expanded background checks for gun sales. A group of about 30 people, mostly women, gathered in front of McConnell's Louisville offices and held ...
Celebs to show at Kentucky Derby parties
As Derby weekend kicks into high gear in Louisville, celebrities are coming to Kentucky for several charity parties. This year is the 25th annual Barnstable Brown Gala on Friday night in Louisville. Country music performer Kix Brooks is the scheduled headliner. The event raises funds for the Barnstable Brown Kentucky ...
McConnell unveils measure to help coal industry
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled legislation Monday aimed at forcing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to expedite the process for coal companies seeking permits to open new mines. McConnell made a series of stops in the Kentucky coalfields to promote what he has dubbed The Coal Jobs Protection Act. ...
Justice Dept. appeals recess case to Supreme Court
The Obama administration is asking the Supreme Court to overturn a lower court decision that found the president's recess appointments to a labor agency unconstitutional. The government argues that the decision undermines a key presidential power that has been used for more than a century to appoint hundreds of government ...
The Senate goes old school
Something interesting happened in the U.S. Senate again this week - the Senate acted like the Senate, and produced a major farm bill minus the usual partisan rancor and gridlock that has come to typify the operations of Congress in recent years. I have joked for years that I will ...
GOP response remains muted on Obama immigration move
While rank and file Republicans in Congress have been expressing their opposition to President Obama's move to stop deportations of some younger illegal immigrants, GOP leaders in the House and Senate still seem somewhat flummoxed by the issue. For example, if you go to Speaker John Boehner's web site, you ...
Payroll Tax Cut Battle
When the Senate voted 89-10 on Saturday morning for a plan to extend a payroll tax cut and other items for two months, it seemed like the Congress would end the year by quietly punting those political battles until the end of February 2012. And then House Republicans rebelled. The ...
Health Care Constitutionality
Two days after a federal judge in Florida found the entire Obama health reform law unconstitutional, a U.S. Senate committee holds a hearing on this sizzling legal question. Not long ago, Democrats openly scoffed at the idea that any portion of the health law could run afoul of the Constitution, ...
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