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Michael McAuliff

GOP Leaders: America 'May Never Recover' From Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.24.2012

WASHINGTON -- America's top two Republican leaders fired blistering broadsides Tuesday at President Barack Obama, saying that the president had made t...

Jennifer Bendery

Senate Republicans Join Legal Challenge Of Obama's Recess Appointments

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.17.2012

WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans are joining a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of some of President Barack Obama's recess appointments in Ja...

Jennifer Bendery

Mitch McConnell Warns Obama To 'Back Off' Supreme Court Justices

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.05.2012

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Thursday that President Barack Obama "crossed a dangerous line" this week with his S...

Mitch McConnell Sends Strong Message To Obama On Debt Ceiling

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 09.13.2011

WASHINGTON — The Senate's top Republican leader has a message for President Barack Obama on the debt limit talks: They're all yours. Taking the...

Sam Stein

Wall Street Warns Congress: The Economy Post-Default Is A Man Post-'Suicide'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.12.2011

UPDATE -- 5:50 p.m.: By the end of Wednesday, the market seemed fully aware of the debt ceiling debate. U.S. stock-index futures fell after Moody's In...

Sam Stein

Mitch McConnell: 'I Refuse To Help Obama Reelection'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.12.2011

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), under siege from conservatives over his opt-out proposal for the debt ceiling debate, de...

Mitch McConnell Derides Obama For 'Clintonian Back Flips'

AP | BRUCE SCHREINER | Posted 05.25.2011

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell declared Saturday that President Barack Obama's legislative agenda is "over," but said ...

Obama vs. Mitch McConnell: Who's The Grown-Up?

Politics Daily | David Corn | Posted 05.25.2011

Obama is now heading toward something of a repeat showdown -- but not with McCain, whose crankiness is undermining his influence. The president's face...

John Boehner, GOP Leaders Throw Down Gauntlet To Obama

AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner pledged Wednesday that Republicans will use their new majority to seek a "smaller, less costl...

Mitch McConnell Accuses Obama Of Politicizing Financial Reform Bill

Posted 05.25.2011

Responding to criticism leveled by President Barack Obama in his weekly video address, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell accused the president on...

Sam Stein

Unions Bite Their Tongues Over Disappointment With White House

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

One of the more remarkable aspects of President Obama's decision to not make immediate recess appointments as a concession for Senate Republicans conf...