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GOP Leader Argues For War Against Iran

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 03.05.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A top Republican senator made a strong case for military action against Iran Monday night, calling the Obama administration's policy of ...

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Woman Indicted After Sending Threats To Bush, McConnell

AP | Posted 01.05.2012

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Federal prosecutors say a Kentucky woman has been indicted on charges of threatening former President George W. Bush and U.S. Sen. M...

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McConnell Urges Compromise Over Contentious Issue

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR and LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 02.21.2012

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WASHINGTON -- GOP aides say House Republican leaders have agreed to a two-month extension of Social Security payroll tax cuts and federal unemployment...

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Mitch McConnell: The Great Dismantler Bests Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 10.02.2011

If you haven't noticed, this is Mitch McConnell's moment. Only instead of being this century's Henry Clay -- Kentucky's "Great Compromiser" -- McConnell is and wants to be the Bluegrass's "Great Dismantler."

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Democrats, GOP Have Now Rejected Each Other's Debt Plans

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 09.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With just three days left until the country is set to begin defaulting on its debt, the House rejected a debt proposal by Senate Majorit...

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43 GOP Senators Vow To Oppose Reid's Debt Bill

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 09.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Hours before the Senate is set to vote on Majority Leader Harry Reid's latest debt ceiling legislation, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell'...

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Gibberish & Manure

Will Durst | Posted 09.28.2011

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The situation on Capitol Hill has become so confusing, we're going to need a nuclear physicist with a googleplex of serially connected molecular microscopes to precisely explain what is happening. Instead, you got me.

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Republicans' Anti-Tax Juggernaut

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 09.02.2011

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WASHINGTON — Without a bipartisan agreement this summer to reduce the federal deficit and raise the debt limit, the economy could suffer a horre...

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Republicans: The Single Greatest Threat to America

Sandy Goodman | Posted 08.21.2011

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The single greatest threat to the United States is not joblessness, foreclosures, another recession nor skyrocketing debt. No, the single greatest threat to our country is today's Republican Party.

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Democrats Label Mitch McConnell Hypocrite For Medicare Complaints

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 08.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats are mocking Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in a new video Monday that contrasts his dire warnings about Democrats' Med...

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Paul Ryan's Budget Plan Too Controversial For Senate GOP To Embrace?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 07.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Although Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said he will vote for Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) controversial budget plan, h...

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Mitch McConnell: Chuck Schumer Is Extreme, Not Tea Party

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 05.31.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) may have been frosty to the Tea Party before, but he's offering the irate anti-tax crowd ...

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Does Nuclear Energy Make Sense?

Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011

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Between basic economics, security, national competitiveness (the push to a clean economy creates jobs), the logic for a distributed, non-nuclear, non-fossil-fuel grid and transportation network seems very strong.

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Fukushima USA: Hell or High Water

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

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Regulations are our way of ensuring that the drive for profits never again leads to needless tragedies: Not in Fukushima. Not in the Gulf of Mexico. Not in New Orleans. And not in your home town. Plain and simple.

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McConnell: 'Virtually All' Senate Republicans Stand Behind Obama On Afghanistan

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Republicans stand behind President Barack Obama's strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, according to Senate Minority Leader Mitch...

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Leading GOP Senator Calls Filibuster Reform A Democratic 'Power Grab'

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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***UPDATED BELOW*** WASHINGTON -- Republican leaders launched a coordinated attack against Democratic proposals to reform Senate rules Tuesday, makin...

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Mitch McConnell Accuses Obama Of Plan To Seize Internet

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor Tuesday to warn that the Obama administration is on the verge of nationalizing the Internet, cha...

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Mitch McConnell Announces He Will Oppose New START Treaty

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will oppose the new START Treaty, a bilateral arms reduction treaty between the United States and...

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Senate GOP Leader: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Won't Happen This Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) sent a message to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" (DADT) repeal advocates on Sunday: Don't hold y...

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First Things First, Says McConnell

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Here in Priorityville, we know what matters, and Mayor McConnell has his priorities straight: Tax cuts.

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Rep. Mike Pence: Health Care Repeal Is Possible Before 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Highlighting what may be a sign of coming disagreements over strategy between House and Senate Republican leaders, Rep. Mike Pence (R-In...

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McConnell Skips Obama Dinner, Eats With Federalist Society

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sam Stein contributed reporting. WASHINGTON -- On the day that Republican leaders were supposed to have a bipartisan meeting and an intimate dinner ...

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Mitch McConnell: Counting On The Courts To Help GOP Overturn Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) outlined a second part of his strategy in repealing health care reform in a speech to the...

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Redefining The New Normal: 3 Tips For Mitch McConnell

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.17.2011

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If there ever was a time for healing, this is it. Resolving what's in our way, as country, world and individuals requires breaking through our old 'business as usual' way of operating.

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Hope in a Time of Sorrow

Craig Barnes | Posted 05.25.2011

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There seems to be a constant series of examples in history that reflect what we are living through this week: from Psistratus in Athens to Caesar in R...

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