Senator Mitch McConnell

Politics & Government

McConnell Falsely Suggests GOP Forecast The Type Of Election Fraud Found In NC

8:30am March 11, 2019

by Matthew Riley, Paul Specht

Republican leader Mitch McConnell recently used North Carolina's election fraud case as an opportunity to shame Democrats for overlooking the existence of fraud in elections.

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A TSA employee visits a Baltimore food pantry for government workers affected by the federal shutdown.

Politics & Government

Senate Fails To Approve Measures To End Partial Shutdown

5:00pm January 24, 2019

Neither of the bills were considered likely to pass, but they mark the first time the Senate has taken action on the issue since the new Congress was sworn in earlier this month.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., speaks at the unveiling of the official portrait of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam. Alexander said Monday he is not running for re-election in 2020.

Politics & Government

Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander, A Bipartisan Dealmaker, Will Retire In 2020

2:24pm December 17, 2018

by Jessica Taylor

A former Tennessee governor and U.S. secretary of Education, the Republican is currently the chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.