Topic: Mitch McConnell

Senate declines to block Obama debt request

Senate Democrats have blocked a Republican attempt to stop President Barack Obama from using his authority to raise the government's borrowing cap ...

Sen. Mitch McConnell on GQ power list

GQ magazine has listed Kentucky's Mitch McConnell the second most powerful person in Washington. . . The Senate Minority Leader lost the number one...

Kirk's family expresses appreciation of support

The family of U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk is expressing its appreciation of the support it has received since the Highland Park Republican suffered a...
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) pledged Tuesday that Republicans would pass a budget every year if they win control of the Senate in...

Favorite Son/Daughter Candidates

Normally I wouldn't post on something that has nothing to do with law, but in this case I can't resist. If Newt Gingrich wins the Florida primary...

A path to compromise on PIPA?

For all the hysteria over SOPA and PIPA - the bills that are either going to save the world from online thieves or kill the Internet as we know it...
In May of last year, with Comedy Central's parent company still threatening to shut down his newly created super PAC, Stephen Colbert took his...

Two-month payroll tax extension on tap?

It seems that members of Congress are Loverboy fans. When it comes to getting their work done, they've decided to work for the weekend and do just...
OK, folks, just how much blogging blow-by-blow on the payroll tax cut extension/expansion fight do you want?By now you know that last night the...

A lot of taxes, but not a lot of trees

When I was in Washington, D.C., there was a breakfast group called Behind the Tree. It was comprised of a wide variety of tax professionals --...