Sentences with phrase «ex-senate majority leader»

«Well, let me just say Mr. President, you made the case for the tax bill,» Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

«Ben Nelson is under the illusion he can get reelected in 2012,» McConnell told Henrikson, adding that Nelson would have to act like a Republican in order to win — and that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D - Nev.)

Their moves comes after Collins told reporters on Tuesday that she had confirmed with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell that he would support the two insurance bills as well as a measure waiving an automatic cut in Medicare that the tax bill could trigger.

McCain joined two other Republican senators, Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, who voted against the bill and quashed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's plan to upend the US healthcare system after 20 hours of debate.

«Trump is no Lyndon Johnson,» says Robertson, «and while he is better than Obama at working congressional leadership, my friends tell me there are already antagonisms at the staff level between the Speaker / majority leader in the Senate and the White House.»

«And Majority Leader McConnell has told us that he will uphold his commitment to schedule and support the legislation.»

The failure left Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with no clear options moving forward.

He struck a deal with Majority Leader Reid to reopen the government.

«It is important that we achieve a two - year agreement that funds our troops and provides for our national security and other critical functions of the Federal government,» the statement from the White House, House Speaker Paul Ryan, and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said.

The failure left Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell with no clear path forward.

Because that gives the Senate Majority Leader a way out of this mess.

For example, when political newcomer David Brat successfully challenged House Republican majority leader Eric Cantor to represent Virginia in the U.S. Congress, it came as a surprise only to those reporters who didn't bother to go to Virginia and talk to «actual humans,» as Rutenberg observes (echoing an earlier analysis by Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi).

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday night confirmed what many had suspected — that even a revised version of the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), which would gut many Obamacare provisions and take a hacksaw to Medicaid, didn't have the support of the requisite 50 Republicans to pass.

In the meantime, a group of House lawmakers has sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell demanding four major conservative tents to remain in place in any bill — and on one issue, they may get their wish.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) uses the gavel as he checks out the stage before his scheduled speech this evening on the second day.

House Speaker Paul Ryan (R - WI) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY) have signaled a willingness to return before Sept. 6, but only if Democrats drop their objections to the Republican - crafted bill.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell speaks with Robert «Mike» Duncan, former chairman of the Republican National Committee, left, during a walk through inside the Quicken Loans Arena «The Q» ahead of the Republican National Convention.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, right, speaks during a news conference on tax reform in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017.

But the allegations have drawn swift condemnation from Republican Senators and party leadership, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has said he believes the women and Moore should step aside.

But a first read of the new draft (and, notably, it's still being called a «draft») and a number of skeptical lawmaker statements suggests this is one legislative rabbit that political wizard Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell could have trouble pulling out of his hat.

Names of his potential replacements have been floated all week: Trump's chief economic adviser, Gary Cohn; Republican Rep. Mark Meadows; House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy; and Mulvaney.

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday that the House would start working on repealing and replacing Obamacare «right away,» but with a transition period to allow changes to be phased in over time.

According to The Washington Post, Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wanted Bryant to appoint himself to the position.

Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to pass a tax bill this year.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., and 21 other Republican sent Trump a letter last week urging him to follow through on his campaign pledge to pull out of the climate accord.

Top Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, have called on Moore to drop out of the race.

There was a reason why it took Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell an entire night to respond to President Trump's chaotic news conference.

«[The legislation] does not take steps toward coverage and access for all Americans, and while insurers are still required to offer coverage to patients with pre-existing conditions, allowing states to get waivers to vary premiums based on health status would allow insurers to charge unaffordable premiums based on those pre-existing conditions,» wrote American Medical Association (AMA) president Dr. James Madara in a letter urging Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to shelve the Graham - Cassidy bill on Tuesday.

As I've noted before, since the start of 2013 — when the «fiscal cliff» calamity was averted at the very last minute with a deal struck between Vice President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R - KY)-- investors have been impervious to the sorts of anxiety attacks that caused significant corrections during the first four years of the bull market.

«These fighters will have a positive impact on Taiwan's self - defense and would act as a necessary deterrent to China's aggressive military posture across the Asia - Pacific region,» Senators John Cornyn, the assistant majority leader, and James Inhofe, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to President Donald Trump.

A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., declined to comment, and a spokeswoman for House Speaker Paul Ryan, R - Wis., did not return a request for comment.

Sen. Rand Paul, R - Ky., whom Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell persuaded not to delay the Senate vote on the bill, also urged Trump to «veto this sad excuse for legislation.»

Senators are attempting to craft their own legislation, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has stated he's not sure the chamber will muster the 50 votes needed to pass an overhaul, especially in the CBO report's wake.

WHAT THEY SAID: «Nobody in the middle class is going to get a tax increase,» Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on MSNBC on Nov. 4.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., flanked by SBA Administrator Linda McMahon (left) and Sen. Jim Risch, R - Idaho, speaks at an event in the Capitol with small - business advocates to highlight the importance of tax reform to America's small businesses on Nov. 28, 2017.

Among them were Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D - Nev., and House Speaker John Boehner, R - Ohio.

[Former Majority Leader Eric] Cantor's loss in his primary changed that calculation.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly already spoken with Strange about the idea, and Senator Lisa Murkowski (R - AK), who won re-election in a 2010 write - in campaign, is set to speak to him this weekend.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican leaders say they want to bring the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) to the Senate floor for a vote by the end of the week.

Top allies of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Bannon, the head of the far - right website Breitbart News who pledged to run opponents against McConnell - backed candidates whom Bannon deemed not sufficiently conservative.

However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said a revised version of the bill is expected to come Thursday morning.

Ifill's death sparked a bipartisan outpouring of condolences from politicians ranging from House Majority Leader Paul Ryan to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's decision to blow up the filibuster on presidential nominations may raise new fiscal crisis risks.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., said only: «Once the Senate receives a nomination, we look forward to a full, fair and timely confirmation process to fill the director position.

But Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, has introduced a new wrinkle that might appear to undercut the theory.

Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy told his colleagues last year that he thinks Russian President Vladimir Putin «pays» Rohrabacher, whose contact with and sympathy for pro-Russian entities has long been viewed with suspicion.

The Mueller legislation approved by the Senate panel may be largely symbolic, since Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he won't bring it up for a full Senate vote.

A number of GOP Senators are saying that the Senate's health care bill probably won't get a vote until the later part of July — a pretty clear departure from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's hope to get the legislation out of the way before last week's 4th of July recess.

Imagine this: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R - Va.)

Though some Republicans, like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, were quick to praise Tillerson's international business experience working with foreign governments, Tillerson's nomination was met with deep skepticism from both parties over his embodiment of the most contentious 2016 campaign issues: Trump's closeness with Russia, climate change skepticism, and potential business conflicts of interest.